BRISBANE, Australia, 6 Jan: A 10-year-old Australian boy remained in a coma Friday following a collision earlier this week between two helicopters that killed four people, including the boy\u2019s mother.
\nAnother boy, age 9, who was hospitalized in critical condition after the crash, awoke Thursday after suffering brain trauma, according to health authorities. The 9-year-old boy\u2019s mother remained hospitalized in stable condition.
\nAnother three people who were injured in the collision were discharged Thursday from hospitals, according to Queensland Health.
\nPolice said one helicopter was taking off and the other landing when they collided Monday afternoon near the Sea World theme park on Queensland state\u2019s Gold Coast.
\nA pilot, two British visitors and the 10-year-old boy\u2019s mother Vanessa Tadros, 36, were killed when the helicopter they were aboard plunged to the ground after its rotor blades were sheared off. Those most seriously injured were aboard that helicopter.
\nThe pilot of the second helicopter managed to land safely on a sandy outcrop despite the aircraft suffering significant damage, authorities said.
\nQueensland Health said 10-year-old Nicholas Tadros from Sydney remained in critical condition. AP<\/p>\n
A family relative told News Corp the boy\u2019s latest surgery to stop internal bleeding had been successful.
\nEarlier this week, the boy\u2019s father, Simon Tadros, wrote on social media that his son was in an induced coma and hooked up to a life support machine to help him breathe.
\n\u201cHe is in a very serious and critical state. I\u2019m asking for all your prayers to bring my little man back to me,\u201d Simon Tadros wrote.
\nHealth authorities said 9-year-old Leon de Silva had awoken in Brisbane Children\u2019s Hospital on Thursday morning. His mother Winnie, 33, was also awake and in a stable condition with two broken legs, a damaged left knee, broken right shoulder and broken collarbone.
\nAlso killed in the crash were pilot Ashley Jenkinson, 40, and British tourists Ron Hughes, 65, and Diane Hughes, 57.
\nJohn Orr-Campbell, the director of Sea World Helicopters, which operated both aircraft, said in a statement that Jenkinson was \u201ca first-class pilot, a first-class man and a wonderful father, partner and friend.\u201d
\nHe said the company also mourned the deaths of the passengers, and \u201ccannot imagine the terrible sadness their families and loved ones must be feeling.\u201d
\nVideo shot by one of the passengers in the helicopter that managed to land showed another passenger trying to warn the pilot that the second helicopter was fast approaching by tapping him on the shoulder.
\nThe passenger then squeezes the edge of the pilot\u2019s seat to brace as the cockpit is sprayed with broken glass after one of the second helicopter\u2019s rotor blades strikes the windshield.
\nThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash. AP<\/p>\n
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