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Helicopter Crash at the King Power Stadium Leicester

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,211
    Goonerhater said:

    understand not naming the dead till the families know but cant see why plod havnt really said anything ---fatalities etc.

    my wife who is Thai says the releasing of the info has nothing to do with Thai culture.

    Fair enough
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,330
    It seems that probably around five people have lost their lives. It's a terrible and tragic episode and my thoughts are with the families of those bereaved.

    I'm in no hurry to find out precisely whose lives have been ruined by this crash. If it takes hours or days to hear official confirmation, it doesn't change what happened.

    RIP.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Chizz said:

    It seems that probably around five people have lost their lives. It's a terrible and tragic episode and my thoughts are with the families of those bereaved.

    I'm in no hurry to find out precisely whose lives have been ruined by this crash. If it takes hours or days to hear official confirmation, it doesn't change what happened.

    RIP.

    Only thing I hope is that they were unconcious before the helicopter went up in flames - Sounds like the police officer ran over to try and get them out yet burning to death and being aware of whats going on, cant be many worst ways to go

    Of course I imagine we'll never know that
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,725
    RIP
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    RIP.
    Tragic
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,051
    RIP
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    One of the good ones.

    RIP
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,722
    RIP
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    edited October 2018
    A shining beacon of light in the sometimes murky world of football ownership has sadly been extinguished.

    Sleep tight, dear man.
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,757
    RIP
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,139
    All have been named now. Very sad indeed.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    A role model owner. RIP!
  • DiscoCAFC
    DiscoCAFC Posts: 1,762
    If only Roland was quarter as good as the Leicester owner.

    R.I.P
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    RIP to all 5 who sadly lost their lives.
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    RIP to all involved. These incidents seem to occur far too frequently for my liking. Are safety checks carried out properly on private aircraft? This particular heli costs 8.5 mil. I do fly for holidays but I'd rather not. I know people say you're more likely to be killed in a car accident, but at least in a car you have a chance if something goes wrong, and many more cars are driven than aircraft flown. Such a shame, and someone who our ownership would do well to take influence from.
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,616
    Massive shame ... RIP
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Desperately sad both for the families and loved of those killed and for football.

    May all 5 rest in peace and may those left behind be able to find some consolation in the knowledge that they were both loved and respected.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Lovely words from Kasper.
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,755
    Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
    Eric Swaffer
    Izabela Lechowicz
    Nursara Suknamai
    Kaveporn Punpare

    RIP
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited October 2018
    To the owner Vichai,
    Kaveporn his right-hand man and member of staff
    Nursara a friend of the owner and member of staff who was Miss Thailand 2005.
    Eric the pilot and his partner and co pilot
    Izabela.

    RIP
  • cafc_harry
    cafc_harry Posts: 3,359
    Absolutely awful, RIP to one of the very few good guys in football ownership and the other 4 unfortunate enough to be caught up in such a tragedy. None will be forgotten.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    RIP.

    I don't particularly like the business practices of King Power but Vichai was evidently a very likeable individual and someone who was dedicated to the football club that he owned and ran successfully.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    RIP
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Such sad news, I have still not seen my next door neighbour and didn't want to knock on his door yesterday. I indirectly benefited from his community generosity as he gave millions to the local hospitals where I am being treated for my heart problem. RIP sir you were a beacon in the light of very poor/bad owners in our sport.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    22 years ago Matthew Harding died on his way back from a mid week game at Bolton when his Helicopter crashed with 5 on board.

    Both Harding and Vichai were very Popular with fans while they were alive.

    Most folk only get nice things said about them when they die.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Taken from a Facebook post - "Sometimes people come into your life indirectly and with little fanfare and end up having a huge impact on your life.

    Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha led a Thai consortium that took over my club in 2010 - a club that over my 30+ previous years of supporting had led a life of yo-yoing between the top two divisions, working on limited budgets, almost gone out of business and generally provided disappointment and 'nearly' moments on a regular basis. Success would be a quarter final FA Cup place, getting promoted from Div 2/Championship and not getting spanked at Old Trafford.

    All that changed in 2010 when Vichai (who fell for LCFC when he saw us beat Middlesbrough in the 97 League Cup final - his first ever live game) and the King Power team took over the reins . Within 4 years we'd got out of the Championship as Champions, thanks predominantly to the money put in to the club by Vichai.

    And 2 years on, the 5000/1 miracle happened. The impossible dream, the thing we'd dream of in a moment of stupidity whilst we watched the reality of the 'Big 4' take their turn to win the trophy again(cos that's what they did). The weeks being ticked off, win after win, closer and closer, we'd balls it up at the last moment because that's what we do. But it never happened, and that fateful night on Monday 2nd May when Eden Hazard scored the equaliser to seal my team's (yeah my team!) moment of glory. Premier League champions. Champions League participants. Tears of joy, pride, relief and disbelief flowed from me and I'm sure all Leicester fans that night.

    And Vichai made that possible. He allowed us to dream, he allowed us to hope, he allowed us to believe. He united a city and a county as I'd never seen it united before. He gave us the chance to go back to that child like state where you believe anything is possible and when you're told by everyone that you're being stupid, you don't care. Working class kids who'd grown older and cynical had been rewarded for their blind loyalty thanks to Vichai.

    Frequent 7 figure donations to local communities, free beers/pies/cakes/scarves/away travel thrown in periodically as good will gestures, no interest in being in the spotlight. In an age of 'me me me' (hello Jose), Vichai was happy to stay low profile but was always willing to share a picture or a few words when he was at games or out and about.

    As fate would have it, I was in Leicester last night.A night out with mates took a more sombre mood when news of the crash broke. Despite it taking an age to name him as one of the passengers, we all knew. It's what he did. I went down to the ground this morning at 9am, and people were gathering already, some in tears, some stunned. That same disbelief that was there for the 5000/1 miracle was back again - but this time with a tragic outcome.

    Thank you Vichai. Thank you for being so generous and for helping make our impossible dream come true and giving us memories that are burned in our hearts and minds. You will never ever be forgotten.

    RIP."
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,587
    RIP to all 5 on board.

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