Thai billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has been named as one of five people killed when his helicopter came down outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday 27 October 2018 (aged 60).
He, the owner of Leicester City FC died when his helicopter crashed outside the stadium, the club has confirmed. Billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger were killed when the aircraft spiralled out of control and crashed in a fireball on Saturday.
It had just cleared the King Power Stadium when it came down at 20:30 BST.
The couple were professional pilots who lived together in Camberley, Surrey. Ms Lechowicz moved to the UK from Poland in 1997.
In a statement, the Polish embassy said: “With great sadness, we received the news about the death of Izabela Lechowicz in the Leicester catastrophe. “She was a great pilot, winner of the #Polka100 contest. It contributed to the creation of a positive image of Poland in the UK.”
Mr Vichai, 60, who was married and had four children, bought Leicester City for £39m in 2010.
Under his ownership the Foxes won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as 5,000/1 outsiders.
In a statement, said the club’s thoughts were with “the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss”.
Prince William, who is president of the FA, said Mr Vichai made a big contribution to football, adding that Leicester City’s Premier League title-winning season “captured the imagination of the world”.
