Leicester City owner died accidentally in helicopter crash, inquest finds
Leicester City owner died accidentally in helicopter crash, inquest finds
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The deaths of the five people, including Leicester City's owner, in a helicopter crash were accidental, a inquest jury has ruled. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, referred to in court as Khun Vichai, died in the crash along with two of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer, and Mr Swaffer's girlfriend Izabela Roza Lechowicz, a fellow pilot.
A jury is delivering its verdict on Tuesday after being previously instructed to conclude that the crash was accidental. As the helicopter was leaving the King Power Stadium in Leicester on 27 October 2018, a fault caused it to spin "rapidly" out of control before it crashed outside the stadium and burst into flames, the inquest heard.
Jon Rudkin, Leicester City's director of football, who had known Mr Srivaddhanaprabha for eight years, described the moment the Leonardo AW169 helicopter started to "nosedive" after taking off at 8.37pm. "It held its position as it sometimes did," he said. "As it turned it continued to turn and then go into a spin.
"As soon as it went on that first full circle, I thought this was strange. Helicopter spun out of control before crash killed Leicester City owner, inquest told. Family of Leicester City chairman killed in football stadium helicopter crash sue manufacturer for £2bn.
Leicestershire: Tributes paid to 'smiley' girl, 6, who died in house fire. "It then started to nosedive away from the stadium still rotating in the air.". Mr Rudkin told the inquest he saw the chairman wave and give him a thumbs up before the helicopter took off.
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