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Leicester City owner among five dead in helicopter crash

Kumasi Online by Kumasi Online
29th October 2018
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Tributes have been paid to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died aged 60 in Saturday's helicopter crash

Tributes have been paid to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died aged 60 in Saturday's helicopter crash

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Tributes have been paid to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died aged 60 in Saturday’s helicopter crash

The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft spiralled out of control and crashed in a fireball on Saturday.

It had just cleared the King Power Stadium when it came down at about 20:30 BST.

Thousands of bouquets and scarves have been left outside the ground.

Leicestershire Police said it believed the dead to be:

  • Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
  • Two members of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare
  • Pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz

Mr Swaffer had over 20 years’ flying experience as a private jet and helicopter pilot.

(L-R) Izabela Roza Lechowicz, Eric Swaffer, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare all died in the crash

His career included flying helicopters for live media broadcasting including Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast and the Virgin Radio traffic helicopter.

Mr Swaffer’s friend Lucie Morris-Marr said he was a “veteran in the field” and would have done all he could to prevent lives being lost in the crash.

She added that he was a “funny and vivacious” man who was in an “aviation love story” with Ms Lechowicz.

“Not many people get to work and travel with their soulmate, travelling the world going to glamorous places,” she said.

The couple were professional pilots who lived together in Camberley, Surrey. Ms Lechowicz moved to the UK from Poland in 1997.

In a statement, the Polish embassy said: “With great sadness, we received the news about the death of Izabela Lechowicz in the Leicester catastrophe.

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“She was a great pilot, winner of the #Polka100 contest. It contributed to the creation of a positive image of Poland in the UK.”

Mr Vichai, 60, who was married and had four children, bought Leicester City for £39m in 2010.

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Under his ownership the club won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as 5,000/1 outsiders.

In a statement, Leicester City said the club’s thoughts were with “the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss”.

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Source: BBC

Tags: Channel 4Eric SwafferIzabela Roza LechowiczKaveporn PunpareLeicester CityNursara SuknamaiVichai SrivaddhanaprabhaVirgin Radio
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