A couple who were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia were there visiting family.
Ron and Diane Hughes, 65 and 57, from the Wirral, died after two helicopters crashed on the Gold Coast on Monday, January 2. Queensland Police said the crash happened at around 2pm when one helicopter was landing and another was taking off near Sea World Drive in Main Beach.
One of the helicopters managed to successfully land on a sandbank as dozens of people rushed to help the casualties. The pilot, named locally as 40-year-old Ash Jenkinson, was reported to have died at the scene alongside three passengers, Mr and Mrs Hughes and 36-year-old Vanessa Tadros from New South Wales.
