Linda Woodford, the 50-year-old founder and chief executive of AXIchain, was killed in the Thursday morning chopper tragedy in a state forest north-east of Melbourne.
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<strong>Military plane crash kills 4</strong>
Two air force planes collided in mid-air during training yesterday and crashed into a mountain in the southeastern city of Sacheon, killing four people, emergency officials said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the officials said they did not receive any reports of civilian casualties or damage on the ground. Three helicopters, 20 vehicles and dozens of emergency workers were dispatched to the scene, they said. The air force confirmed the collision of two KT-1 trainer aircraft, adding that it was trying to confirm the casualties reported and whether the pilots on the two-seater aircrafts tried
A Melbourne-based company confirmed on Friday that finance consultant Ian Perry was among those who died in the helicopter crash at Mount Disappointment.
Finance consultant Ian Perry, who worked at AXIchain, was one of five people killed in the chopper tragedy in a state forest north-east of Melbourne on Thursday morning.
Rescuers are being winched to the site in rugged terrain to get to the downed helicopter, which was carrying five people, near Mount Disappointment on Thursday.