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Leicester City helicopter crash that killed five people ruled an accident
The Guardian|January 29, 2025
The deaths of five people, including the former owner of Leicester City FC, killed when a helicopter crashed outside the club's stadium and became engulfed in flames, have been ruled as accidental.
- Jessica Murray

An inquest into the deaths of the club chair Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the helicopter's pilot, Eric Swaffer, his partner and co-pilot, Izabela Lechowicz, and passengers Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare concluded at Leicester city hall yesterday, more than six years after the 2018 crash.

The jury's conclusion said: "The helicopter had all airworthiness and maintenance certificates. It was found that the pilot took all available and appropriate options to try to regain control of the helicopter."

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