Miracle as boy, 9, injured in Sea World Helicopter crash is taken off life support

A Geelong boy who survived the horrific Sea World helicopter crash has been taken off life support and is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Leon De Silva, 9, was put placed in an induced coma after sustaining serious injuries in the helicopter crash on on the Gold Coast on Monday afternoon which killed pilot Ash Jenkinson and three passengers.

The three other passengers were critically injured, including Leon and his mum Winnie. 

Leon was taken off life support on Thursday.

‘It’s a bloody miracle,’ a Queensland Health spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

Western Sydney boy Nicholas Tadros, 10, whose mum died in the crash remains on life support in a Gold Coast hospital.

 More to come.