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Leicester City Helicopter Crash: Aircraft is owned by Island company

Mon, 29 Oct 2018

Copyright - James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (via Wikipeadia - CC BY-SA 2.0)
Copyright - James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (via Wikipeadia - CC BY-SA 2.0)

An investigation is fully underway following the Leicester City helicopter crash.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed along with four of his staff when it came down on Saturday evening.

Leicestershire Police said it believed the other people killed in the crash to be two members of Mr Vichai's staff - Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare - pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz.

The helicopter which crashed is owned by a company registered in the Isle of Man called Foxborough Ltd.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is leading the investigation.


 

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