Gold Coast helicopter crash: mass held for Nicholas Tadros as families face long wait for answers

Australian Transport Safety Bureau says anticipated date for completing its investigation is between July and September 2024

The Glenmore Park community in western Sydney has attended a Catholic mass to pray for the survival of Nicholas Tadros, 10, who is on life support after the fatal Gold Coast helicopter crash.

An estimated 200 family and friends attended the mass at St Padre Pio church, where Nicholas received his first holy communion. Nicholas’s mother, Vanessa Tadros, 36, was killed when the two Sea World helicopters crashed into one another on Monday afternoon.

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