The helicopter crash that killed the owner of Premier League football club Leicester City was an accident, an inquest jury has concluded.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others died when the Thai billionaire’s personal helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from the club’s King Power Stadium following a match in October 2018.
The inquest at Leicester City Hall in central England examined his death, along with those of the aircraft’s pilot, Eric Swaffer, his partner Izabela Lechowicz, and passengers Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare.
Senior coroner Catherine Mason told the jury before going to deliberate yesterday that they should “accept and follow” the findings of the…