AUSTRALIA: A pilot, two British visitors and a Sydney woman have been identified as the four people killed in a collision of two helicopters over the waterfront at a tourist hotspot.

Authorities say it was fortunate the death toll in the crash of two aircraft operated by Sea World Helicopters was not higher.

The pilot of the second helicopter managed to land safely on a sandy outcrop despite the aircraft being damaged in the collision on Monday afternoon near Main Beach on Australia’s Gold Coast.