{"id":12872,"date":"2018-10-29T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2018-10-29T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:26:35","slug":"12872-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12872","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City owner among five dead in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12873\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Vichai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Vichai.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Vichai-410x231.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tributes have been paid to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died aged 60 in Saturday&#8217;s helicopter crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>It had just cleared the King Power Stadium when it came down at about 20:30 BST.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of bouquets and scarves have been left outside the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Leicestershire Police said it believed the dead to be:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Two members of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Swaffer had over 20 years\u2019 flying experience as a private jet and helicopter pilot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_454126\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-454126 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/L-R-Izabela-Roza-Lechowicz-Eric-Swaffer-Nursara-Suknamai-and-Kaveporn-Punpare-all-died-in-the-crash.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/L-R-Izabela-Roza-Lechowicz-Eric-Swaffer-Nursara-Suknamai-and-Kaveporn-Punpare-all-died-in-the-crash.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/L-R-Izabela-Roza-Lechowicz-Eric-Swaffer-Nursara-Suknamai-and-Kaveporn-Punpare-all-died-in-the-crash-300x169.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Izabela Roza Lechowicz, Eric Swaffer, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare all died in the crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His career included flying helicopters for live media broadcasting\u00a0including Channel 4\u2019s The Big Breakfast and the Virgin Radio traffic helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Swaffer\u2019s friend Lucie Morris-Marr said he was a \u201cveteran in the field\u201d and would have done all he could to prevent lives being lost in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>She added that he was a \u201cfunny and vivacious\u201d man who was in an \u201caviation love story\u201d with Ms Lechowicz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot many people get to work and travel with their soulmate, travelling the world going to glamorous places,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The couple were professional pilots who lived together in Camberley, Surrey. Ms Lechowicz moved to the UK from Poland in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Polish embassy said: \u201cWith great sadness, we received the news about the death of Izabela Lechowicz in the Leicester catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a great pilot, winner of the #Polka100 contest. It contributed to the creation of a positive image of Poland in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Vichai, 60, who was married and had four children, bought Leicester City for \u00a339m in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Under his ownership the club won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as 5,000\/1 outsiders.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Leicester City said the club\u2019s thoughts were with \u201cthe Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-leicestershire-46013381\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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