A man who works in Victoria's meat industry has been identified as one of the victims of a mystery helicopter crash at Mount Disappointment on Thursday morning.
The chartered chopper took off from Moorabbin Airport before picking up the passengers in Batman Park, Melbourne at about 7am.
Stream more local news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022 The 73-year-old has now been identified as Paul Troja, the chairman of Radford’s abattoir in Warragul, by The Herald Sun.“There was two helicopters, they were charted out of Moorabbin this morning. Each helicopter had one pilot, they picked up four passengers each at Batman Park in Melbourne and then they were flying to Ulupna Island,” Acting Inspector Josh Langelaan said. Picture: Jason Edwards
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