Leicester City's Thai billionaire owners launch £2.15BILLION compensation claim against Italian helicopter builders who built chopper that crashed, killing family's patriarch Vichai in 2018
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Leicester City's owners have taken an Italian helicopter manufacturer to court in a multi-billion pound lawsuit following the crash that killed the club's patriarch Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in October 2018. The helicopter, which was built by Leonardo SpA, crashed outside the King Power Stadium, killing five people, including Vichai.
![[This follows one of their helicopter crashing outside the King Power Stadium in October 2018]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/13/93957013-14270763-image-a-45_1736514600508.jpg)
A little over six years on, Leicester's Thai billionaire owners have launched the largest fatal accident compensation claim in English legal history worth £2.15bn against Leonardo SpA at the High Court. The claim seeks loss of earnings and other damages, with his son and current Foxes chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha also highlighting his family's grief following the tragic crash.
![[Former Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in the helicopter crash in 2018]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/10/13/93956871-14270763-image-a-29_1736514086231.jpg)
More to follow... Leicester have taken an Italian helicopter manufacturer to the High Court. This follows one of their helicopter crashing outside the King Power Stadium in October 2018. Former Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in the helicopter crash in 2018.
