At least two Australians were on board the Air Niugini plane that overshot a runway in Micronesia and landed in the sea on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told SBS News that "Australian Embassy officials in Pohnpei have spoken to two Australians who were on the aircraft and neither has requested consular assistance".
Several small boats rescued all 47 passengers and crew, the manager of Chuuk Airport said.
"It was supposed to land but instead of landing it was 150 yards short and she went down," Jimmy Emilio told Reuters by telephone.
"We don't really know what happened ... people were rescued by boats - 36 passengers and 11 crew were all rescued, only the plane is sinking right now," he said.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft hit the lagoon surrounding the small island about 10.30am (AEST), Emilio said.
The passengers and crew were taken to hospital, where eight remained, four in a serious condition with bone fractures and other injuries, according to a hospital spokesman.
"I thought we landed hard until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in," passenger Bill Jaynes said in a video posted by the Pacific Daily News website.
"I thought, well, this is not like the way it's supposed to happen," he said. Water was waist-deep in the cabin before rescuers arrived, he said.
Small boats race to the crashed plane. Source: Twitter
Video published online by Radio New Zealand and pictures posted on Twitter showed the half-submerged aircraft surrounded by small speedboats.
Air Niugini said in a statement that "the weather was very poor with heavy rain and reduced visibility at the time of the incident".
A spokesman for Papua New Guinea's Accident Investigation Commission said investigators would fly to the scene as soon as possible to piece together what happened.
In 2013, all 101 passengers aboard a Lion Air flight that overshot the runway at Denpasar in Indonesia and landed in shallow water were similarly rescued by boats without casualties.
Additional reporting: Nick Baker
