Investigations are underway after two people died and three others were injured after their helicopter crashed at Hardy Reef on Queensland’s Whitsunday Coast on yesterday afternoon.

A statement released by The Whitsundays Air Services said the Helicopter crashed on its final approach to Hardy Reef Heliport, with a man and women, both international tourists, pronounced dead at the scene.

The Whitsundays Air Service offered their “deepest condolences” and have suspended all operations while the review process is underway.