Two employees of a Melbourne based virtual marketplace have been identified as victims of a helicopter crash in rural Victoria.
Finance consultant Ian Perry, 59, was one of five people on board the flight that crashed into Mt Disappointment, north of Melbourne, on Thursday.
AXIchain said Mr Perry was "a respected member of the agricultural industry and a committed family man".
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Yesterday, 9News reported AXIchain chief executive and founder Linda Woodford, 50, was also aboard the helicopter
Ms Woodford's brother told 9News the family is distraught and they have "never felt emotional pain like this".
He said she was "transforming the entire meat industry process".
9News understands Microflite, the charter company that owned and operated the helicopter, is working to put a tribute together for the people who died in the crash.
A fifth victim is yet to be identified.
Pilot's focus was the wellbeing and safety of passengers
Yesterday, 32-year-old Dean Neal was identified as the pilot of the Microflite helicopter.
His family said the wellbeing and safety of his passengers was always his highest priority.
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"Dean has always been the most conscientious of professional pilots and always put the safety and wellbeing of his passengers in the highest of his priorities during his many years of professional service," the family said.
"Our broken hearts go to the families and friends of those who were flying with him."
"Your unspeakable loss is understood by us all."
Passenger was on 'last job' before retirement
Earlier, a leader in the meat industry who was on his "last job" before retirement was identified as being among the crash victims.
Paul Troja, 73, was among the five people who died when a chartered helicopter crashed on Mt Disappointment yesterday.
Mr Troja's son revealed to 9News his father was on the flight to set his family up financially before shifting his focus to his loved ones and home life.
"He wanted to spend more time with the family, but he wanted to do one last job to get a bit more money behind him, so he could help us out," Luke Troja said.
"This was going to be it, and he was going to give it away."
Investigation into crash underway
Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will hand down a preliminary report on the cause of the crash in six to eight weeks.
Investigators are focusing on the weather conditions on the day of the crash, both low lying cloud and smoke haze were prevalent around the Mt Disappointment area on the day of the crash.
Experts said it's possible these conditions could be to blame for the crash.
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The helicopter was one of two travelling north in convoy from Melbourne's CBD over when it disappeared just after 9.30am, according to Victoria Police.
Both Microflite Helicopter Services aircraft took off from the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne CBD near Crown just before 8am on Thursday.
The wreckage was found near Blair's Hut at about 11.45am.
The second helicopter landed without incident at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne's south-east, after raising the alarm.
Microflite Helicopter Services' executive general manager Rodney Higgins said the private charter flight that crashed was being flown by a highly respected pilot.
Police said the cause of the crash was still unknown.
Microflite has grounded all its flights until Tuesday.
