QUEBEC - The Quebec coroner's office has formally identified the six people who perished when a sightseeing seaplane crashed in a remote area of Quebec's North Shore on Sunday.

The Air Saguenay plane was taking part in a routine sightseeing flight from Lac Long in Tadoussac when it went down, killing everyone on board.

The victims have been identified as Fiona Hewitt, 52, Richard Hewitt, 50, Felicity Hewitt, 17 and Harry Hewitt, 14, all of Great Britain.

A fifth tourist was identified as Emilie Delaitre, 28, of France.

The pilot, Romain Desrosiers, 44, was from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region.

The airline's vice-president said the flight was only supposed to last 20 minutes and weather conditions appeared to have been "perfect" at the time.