Three people have died after a light plane crashed at Shellharbour Airport on Saturday morning near Wollongong in New South Wales .

The plane took-off at about 10am before crashing and catching fire.

Speaking to the media on Saturday, the chief inspector of Lake Illawarra Police District, Aaron Wunderlich, said it was a private plane heading to Ballarat.

“It’s obviously a very tragic incident,” Wunderlich said.

There were three adults on board of a similar age group, but they have not been formally identified.

“Police are working to formally identify the three people involved in the incident, so I can’t release any details at this point in relation to who they are, or their ages, or where they’re from,” he said. NSW police reveal operation targeting ‘kill cars’ used by alleged Syd

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