Capricorn Helicopter Rescue crash victims remembered

The five victims of Queensland's worst helicopter crash will be remembered on the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.

In the early hours of 24 July 2000, Bell 206 VH-FFI was operating a rescue flight, taking a sick five-year-old boy to hospital. The helicopter crashed in darkness and heavy fog, in a field near Marlborough in central Queensland. The boy, his mum, and three crew lost their lives in the crash.

The Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service had flown to pick up the five-year-old boy with breathing problems from a remote property northwest of Rockhampton.

The Queensland Ambulance Service will honour the victims at a memorial service in Rockhampton on Saturday.

In 2003, an inquest found low fuel was to blame for the crash and heavy fog had been a significant factor.