{"id":5274,"date":"2018-10-28T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T07:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2018-10-28T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T07:38:19","slug":"leicester-city-owner-in-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/10\/28\/leicester-city-owner-in-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City owner in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Leicester City owner’s helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club’s ground as it left the stadium following a Premier League match.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down at about 20:30 BST on Saturday, a source close to the family has told the BBC.<\/p>\n

One witness said he saw Leicester player Kasper Schmeichel run out of the stadium towards the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

It is not known how many other people were on board the helicopter.<\/p>\n

Leicester had drawn 1-1 against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

The game kicked off at 17:30 and finished about one hour before the helicopter took off.<\/p>\n

Under Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s ownership, Leicester City won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as 5,000\/1 outsiders.<\/p>\n

\"Vichai<\/span>
Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha purchased Leicester City in 2010<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One Leicester season ticker holder, who did not wish to be named, said: “I saw Kasper Schmeichel run out first [from the stadium] and then loads of security guards and stewards.<\/p>\n

“I was stood outside the ground but it crashed on the other side.”<\/p>\n

Another witness said it appeared “the tail propeller wasn’t working, putting it into a spin”.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of Sunday, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service’s Assistant Chief Fire Officer\u00a0Andrew Brodie tweeted\u00a0that he had just left “multiagency strategic meetings” at Leicestershire Police’s HQ.<\/p>\n

He described the crash as “clearly serious and tragic”, adding: “Please don’t speculate on cause or who may be involved. Think of families, friends, responders, and @LCFC and their fans.”<\/p>\n

Freelance photographer Ryan Brown was covering the game and saw the helicopter clear the King Power Stadium before it crashed.<\/p>\n

He told BBC Radio Leicester: “The engine stopped and I turned round and it made a bit of a whirring noise, like a grinding noise.<\/p>\n

“The helicopter just went silent, I turned round and it was just spinning, out of control. And then there was a big bang and then [a] big fireball.”<\/p>\n

Leo Bruka told 5 Live that he saw two police officers whose car was near the crash scene.<\/p>\n

“One of them was looking for something and the other one, he ran straight away to the helicopter and he was trying to break the window,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Then there is an explosion and they pulled back because the fire was too hot.”<\/p>\n

Leicestershire Police said officers were working alongside the other emergency services, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) and Leicester City FC to establish the circumstances of the collision.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of Sunday the force tweeted that the AAIB, which said it had sent a team to the stadium, was leading the investigation.<\/p>\n

Leicester City said the club was assisting police and emergency services and would issue a more detailed statement in due course.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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