A seaplane that crashed into a river north of Sydney on New Year’s Eve, killing all five passengers and the pilot, has been lifted from the riverbed onto a barge. The plane’s cabin was pulled to the surface about 1.45pm on Thursday almost three hours after the floats and a damaged wing were first pulled from the water at Jerusalem Bay on the Hawkesbury river. The recovery operation started at dawn and was conducted by water police. It involved specialist divers attaching slings to pieces of the plane before they were pulled up to the barge using a crane