Leicester owners helicopter crashes after takeoff

[MTVN]

Does not look good: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/leicester-city-helicopter-crash-live-13492168.amp

[bots]

Nope, it doesn't

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/533A/production/_104060312_hi050235060.jpg

[MB.]

****, this is just around the corner from me... I can only hope that nobody's seriously injured but it doesn't look likely

[bots]

They are saying the owner was onboard now

[Shaun]

Horrifying news but I just can't fathom why anyone would want to transport by helicopter at all... just seems like the mortality rate is far higher than any other mode of transport.

Tough thing for a club to go through though: not just if they've lost their chairman (and some reports saying manager, too?!) but also the sheer gloom and grief the club will now be plunged towards. :(

[thesheriff443]

The owner has a house and farm with polo polo ponies on my road and lands that helicopter in the grounds sometimes.

[Nicky91]

omg :o

[smudgie]

Tragic.
The owner thought to be one of the five killed. :sad:

[Nicky91]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-6324451/Leicester-City-owners-helicopter-crashes-car-park-King-Power-Stadium.html

[Nicky91]

i think we aren't getting more information now, because it's an ongoing investigation as we speak, by the AAIB (Air Accident Investigation Board)

[Alf]

I suspect the owner and his family would have been on board and killed along with the pilot.

[Nicky91]

I suspect the owner and his family would have been on board and killed along with the pilot.

not all of his family though, his son is thought to be not on board the helicopter, one simple reason, he didn't attend the football match

[arista]

I suspect the owner and his family would have been on board and killed along with the pilot.


Yes the Billionaire Owner (Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha)
from Asia ,that saved and improved he club,
is confirmed dead


https://news.sky.com/story/leicester-city-owner-was-on-board-crashed-helicopter-11537872

[Nicky91]

he isn't confirmed dead yet, i'm not reading much details into this, most articles sky, dailymail, bbc all pretty much write the same things for now

i guess we'll need to wait what the AAIB will say

[Denver]

The owner has sadly been confirmed dead

[Babayaro.]

Devastating

[Cherie]

So sad , been a horrible weekend

[joeysteele]

Awful tragedy.

[Nicky91]

RIP :(

[Nicky91]

Prince William and Gary Lineker's tributes to duty free mogul Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died aged 60
Duke of Cambridge said he was 'lucky' to know him while Lineker said: 'Thanks for all you did for our club'
Fans left a sea of flowers, shirts and scarves outside Leicester's stadium as they pay tribute to those killed
The helicopter belonging to Leicester City's billionaire owner crashed outside the stadium on Saturday
Eyewitnesses recalled seeing the aircraft spluttering shortly after taking off from the stadium's centre circle
Club owner, 60, killed alongside two other staff members, pilot Eric Swaffer and co-pilot Izabela Lechowicz
The popular Thai owner helped steer 5,000-1 outsiders Leicester to a miracle Premier League triumph in 2016

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6328441/Prince-William-pays-tribute-family-man-Leicester-City-owner.html

[Mystic Mock]

I know that I'm a bit late to the thread, but I seriously hope that his family are okay.