Leicester City owner’s helicopter crashes in club car park

LEICESTER CITY owner's helicopter has crashed while leaving the stadium, it has been confirmed by BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey.

The helicopter belonging to Leicester’s 

billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhnaprabha 

crashed 

and burst into flames

 as it left the 

club’s stadium.

The helicopter spiralled

 and crashed to the 

ground before bursting

 into flames as it left 

stadium following the 1-1 draw 

with West 

Ham.

Mr Srivaddhanapraba, A Thai businessman

 estimated to be worth £5bn,

 is the owner of

 the club and chairman of the 

sponsors King

 Power.

One eye witness said: “I saw it all. It was 

clearly in trouble and only just managed to 

get over the stadium before it started 

whirling around and coming down.”

It is not known whether the owner son, a 

fellow Leicester director was in the 

helicopter.