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Household of Leicester Metropolis chairman killed in soccer stadium helicopter crash sue producer for £2bn

By Editorial Board Published January 10, 2025 4 Min Read
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Household of Leicester Metropolis chairman killed in soccer stadium helicopter crash sue producer for £2bn

Leicester Metropolis’s house owners have launched a landmark lawsuit in opposition to a helicopter producer following the membership chairman’s dying in a crash in 2018.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s household are suing Italian firm Leonardo SpA for £2.15bn after the 60-year-old chairman and 4 others have been killed when their helicopter crashed simply exterior the King Energy Stadium in October 2018.

The lawsuit is the biggest deadly accident declare in English historical past, in line with the household’s attorneys. They’re asking for compensation for the lack of earnings and different damages, because of the billionaire’s dying.

The authorized motion comes greater than six years after the deadly crash and as an inquest into the dying of the 60-year-old chairman and his fellow passengers is ready to start on Monday.

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Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha celebrating after Leicester Metropolis received the Premier League in 2016. Pic: AP

Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s son Khun Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who took over because the membership’s chairman, mentioned: “My family feels the loss of my father as much today as we ever have done.

“That my very own kids, and their cousins won’t ever know their grandfather compounds our struggling… My father trusted Leonardo when he purchased that helicopter however the conclusions of the report into his dying present that his belief was fatally misplaced. I maintain them wholly liable for his dying.”

File photo dated 23/09/2017 of a helicopter belonging to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Mike Egerton/PA Wire

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Mr Srivaddhanaprabha owned the helicopter and sometimes used it to depart the membership’s stadium. File pic: PA

The late Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s firm, King Energy, was incomes greater than £2.5bn in income per yr, in line with his household’s attorneys. The lawsuit claims “that success was driven by Khun Vichai’s vision, drive, relationships, entrepreneurism, ingenuity and reputation.”

“All of this was lost with his death,” it provides.

The deadly crash happened shortly after the helicopter took off from Leicester’s floor following a 1-1 draw in opposition to West Ham on 27 October 2018.

The plane landed on a concrete step and 4 of the 5 occupants survived the preliminary influence, however all subsequently died within the gas fireplace that engulfed the helicopter inside a minute.

ovember 10, 2018 - Leicester, United Kingdom - A tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha during the Premier League match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester. Picture date: 10th November 2018. Picture credit should read: James Wilson/Sportimage.(Credit Image: © James Wilson/CSM via ZUMA Wire) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)

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Hundreds of tributes have been left exterior the bottom within the wake of the tragedy. Pic: James Wilson/Sportimage

The opposite victims have been two of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s workers, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and Mr Swaffer’s girlfriend Izabela Roza Lechowicz, a fellow pilot.

Investigators discovered the pilot’s pedals turned disconnected from the tail rotor – ensuing within the plane making a pointy proper flip which was “impossible” to manage, earlier than the helicopter spun rapidly, roughly 5 instances.

The Air Accidents Investigation Department described this as “a catastrophic failure” and concluded the pilot was unable to stop the crash.

The lawsuit alleges the crash was the results of ‘a number of failures’ in Leonardo’s design course of. It additionally alleges that the producer didn’t warn clients or regulators concerning the danger.

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