Leicester City owner and four others were on helicopter that crashed: source

Leicester City owner and four others were on helicopter that crashed: source The Saigon Times Daily Leicester City football fans pay their respects outside the football stadium, after the helicopter of the club owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed when leaving the ground on Saturday evening after the match, in Leicester, Britain, October 28, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS LEICESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was among five people on board a helicopter that crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, a source close to the club said. Also on board were two pilots and one other person whose identity were not immediately known, the source said on Sunday. The source also named a fifth person on board. There were no confirmation that anyone on board survived, the source said. Leicester police said enquiries into the crash would continue. Vichai, a father of four and founder of duty-free giant King Power International, is a huge favorite with the club’s fans after he bought the unfancied side from central England in 2010 and they went on to stun the soccer world by beating odds of 5,000/1 to win the Premier League title in 2016. In Thailand, officials at King Power said they could not yet comment on the crash or say whether Vichai had been aboard when it spiraled out of control and crashed shortly after taking off around an hour after the game. The club has not commented on… [Read full story]