Two men killed during a police chase in Melbourne’s north were being tracked from the air via the 'Find My' app after an iPad was stolen in an earlier home invasion.

Driver Vaatoa Chang, 29, from Sunshine West, and his Caroline Springs passenger Jonas Montealegre, 36, carried the iPad with them as they switched stolen cars in a two-hour attempt to flee police on February 4.

Just before 10pm they ran a red light in a stolen Toyota Kluger, smashing into a freight truck on the corner of Bell and High streets in Preston. Both died at the scene.

On Tuesday details of the police chase were made public during a brief Coroners Court hearing.