Plane crashes on Great Barrier Reef island, 10 injured

agency. Ten people were injured when a plane crashed on an island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Monday, according to local media. The Australian newspaper reported that shortly after the plane with 10 passengers took off for Cairns on Monday morning, it was returning to the runway of Lizard Island, about 1,600 kilometers northwest of Brisbane. The chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Angus Mitchell, said that the driver of the Cessna 208, operated by Townsville Airlines, experienced a technical problem with the engine during the ascent and attempted to return to 'Lizard Island'. Local media quoted Mitchell as saying that there were reports of serious injuries on board the plane. According to the local news website News.com, the Queensland Community Health Center (Queensland Health) took all the injured to Cairns Hospital. The condition of the injured is normal. Brina Keating from the Queensland Ambulance Service said one of those injured in the crash suffered serious injuries to his arm and another to his head.