Ron and Diane Hughes have been named among the four killed in the horror crash
A couple from the North West have been named among four killed in a mid-air helicopter crash in Australia.
Devastated friends and family paid tribute to Mr Jenkinson, who was the chief pilot for Sea World Helicopters, which operates tours for the theme park. He leaves behind a wife and young son. One person wrote: "You started as a work colleague and quickly became a mate.Queensland Police said one of the choppers managed to successfully land on a sandbank, and the other crashed while containing seven people.
He added: "Luckily no people were below the crash when it happened, as far as I could tell. Both helicopters ended up on an empty sandbank. One helicopter landed safely on a sandbank but debris from the other was spread across an area which police described as difficult to access. Passengers in the other helicopter, which lost its windscreen in the crash, were also receiving medical assistance.
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