A MAN from Cheltenham was among five people killed in a helicopter crash last week.
The helicopter departed Moorabbin Airport on the morning of 31 March. It stopped in Melbourne to pick up passengers before setting off for Ulupna in northern Victoria.
The vehicle never made it to its destination. The Police Air Wing found the helicopter wreckage around Blair’s Hut, Mount Disappointment, a little before midday.
All five occupants of the helicopter died. They were a a 32-year-old man from Cheltenham, a 50-year-old woman from Inverloch, a 73-year-old man from Albert Park, a 59-year-old man from New South Wales, and a 70-year-old man from New South Wales.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is looking into the cause of the crash.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 6 April 2022
