Leicester City’s squad and the family of club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha have visited the King Power Stadium to pay tribute to the five who died in Saturday’s helicopter crash.
Srivaddhanaprabha was killed with four other passengers, in a tragedy which has stunned the football world.
Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s aircraft plummeted to the ground and erupted in flames an hour after Leicester’s 1-1 draw with West Ham, and the 61-year-old was on board with two personal assistants and two crew members.
Leicestershire Police believe the others who died in the helicopter crash were Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, members of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s staff, as well as pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz, although formal identification has not yet taken place.
Srivaddhanaprabha’s wife Aimon and son Aiyawatt, Leicester City vice-chairman, visited the King Power Stadium on Monday afternoon to lay a wreath among a sea of tributes from fans across the footballing world, while the Leicester City squad did the same an hour later.
Investigations into what went wrong are ongoing. Authorities have confirmed that a digital flight data recorder has been recovered from the helicopter.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch says inspectors “will start working on the recorder, which was subject to intense heat as a result of the post-accident fire.”
In a statement, the AAIB says inspectors are expected to remain on the site at Leicester’s stadium until the end of the week when the wreckage is expected to be transported to specialist facilities for a detailed examination. Read more