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An investigation into a helicopter collision that killed four people and injured eight on the Gold Coast this week could take at least 18 months to complete.

A Victorian mother who survived an "unthinkable" helicopter crash on the Gold Coast that claimed four lives thanks the public for their "kind thoughts" as a Sydney priest asks churchgoers to "pray for a miracle" for a 10-year-old boy who was critically injured in the crash.

Days after a fatal collision in the Gold Coast hinterland, police are investigating reports of a high-speed game of "cat and mouse" on the same road.

British married couple Diane and Ron Hughes died in a helicopter crash when two choppers collided in midair on Australia's Gold Coast on Monday

Diane and Ron Hughes died in a collision over Main Beach on the Gold Coast on Monday.

Ron and Diane Hughes were visiting family on the Gold Coast of Australia

Passenger taps pilot’s shoulder shortly before collision that left four dead in video shot by survivor

Footage from inside the chopper that was flying in to land on Australia's Gold Coast earlier this week shows a passenger frantically tapping the pilot on the right shoulder to warn him of the other helicopter

Simon Tadros, who saw his wife Vanessa die in the horror helicopter crash on the Gold Coast in Australia, has asked for "everyone to pray for our little man", referring to his 10-year-old son Nicholas who is fighting for his life in hospital

Ron and Diane Hughes died after two helicopters crashed on the Gold Coast

Ron, 65, and Diane Hughes, 57, from the UK, had reportedly been visiting his daughter and her family in Australia when the tragedy happened