News: Leicester City owner’s helicopter crashes outside club’s King Power Stadium
A helicopter belonging to the owner of Leicester City has crashed in a ball of flames outside the club’s stadium.
According to Sky Sports News there was a loud mechanical sound before the aircraft spiralled then crashed to the ground in a huge fireball in the club’s staff car park which is about 200 yards from the stadium.
The helicopter had taken off from the pitch seconds before at about 8.30pm.
It is not clear whether the club’s Thai billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was on-board his helicopter at the time, but he was at the game which had finished an hour and 15 minutes earlier.
FIRE FIGHTERS AT CRASH SCENE
CHOPPER BEFORE TAKE OFF
Fans who were still leaving the stadium after Leicester City drew 1-1 with West Ham were seen running away as the helicopter came down and burst into flames.
The stadium was evacuated soon after the crash and the area around it was closed off. West Ham’s team bus had already left but some Leicester players were still inside the stadium.
A man, who wished to not be named, but has held a season ticket for more than four decades, reports he saw goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel running out of the stadium seconds after the crash before “loads of security guards and stewards”.
“I was stood outside the ground but it crashed on the other side,” he said.
“We pray everyone is okay.”
