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A mother who died in a horror helicopter crash near Sea World is being remembered at her funeral, while her son remains in hospital fighting for his life.

Family and friends have gathered at a Sydney church to farewell mother Vanessa Tadros, one of four people killed in a helicopter crash on the Gold Coast.

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Nicholas Tadros has woken up and responded to questions after a series of surgeries in the Queensland Children's Hospital.

A private funeral is held for Ashley Jenkinson who was killed when the Sea World helicopter he was flying collided with another over the Broadwater.

A private funeral has been held for pilot Ashley Jenkinson, one of four people killed when two helicopters crashed mid-air on the Gold Coast.

A Sydney boy is in a critical but stable condition one day after he was due to have a major operation on broken bones after a helicopter crash in Queensland.

Nicholas Tadros is undergoing a major operation seven days after a chopper crash that killed four people including his mother on the Gold Coast.

Father Suresh Kumar offers a brown sash to year 5 classmates attending a mass in Western Sydney as a show of support for Nicholas Tadros, who recently achieved his brown belt in karate.

It should have been the holiday of a lifetime, but little did a group of 11 travellers know that a five-minute joy ride would soon become an unforgettable day of loss and tragedy.

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.