The Leicester City Football Club Helicopter Crash.

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A short time after 8.30.pm. on Saturday evening in England, the owner of Leicester City F.C and the fifth-richest
man in Thailand climbed aboard his personal helicopter after he'd watched his team draw 1-1 with West Ham United.
Moments later, Mr. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabh's private chopper came under difficulties just above the stadium's car park
and crashed to the ground in a fireball-explosion.

Yet, the actual occupants were still unknown to the mainstream media right upt to 8.30.am. on Sunday morning.
Regular UK and East-Asian news outlets would only report that the helicopter had come down, exploded and that players
from the team rushed out to see if they could rescue anyone.

Information regarding who was in the AgustaWestland  AW169 Helicopter remained a mystery -even after unnamed sources
reported that Mr. Srivaddhanaprabha was seen getting into the chopper. At the time of this writing, many mainstream news
websites are not confirming whether Mr. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is alive or dead.

Think about that, a multiple-witnessed incident of deadly proportions and with a limited amount of casualties and yet for over
twelve hours, nobody from the MSM can say whether hospitals in the area have received victims from an explosion or can
announce information regarding passengers of the vehicle gleaned from witnesses.

Nothing except a basic outline until after 8.30.am the day after. Respect for a rich family or simply news being shown in
it's true light of corporate-controlled information fed to the masses because of global-financial concerns?

Thirteen hours after the tragedy.
The Daily Star:
Leicester City owner feared dead after Helicopter crashes in fireball ‘with him on board'

Sky News:
Leicester City owner 'was on-board crashed helicopter'

The Sun:
Leicester City helicopter crash – owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha feared dead after
billionaire’s helicopter goes up in flames outside King Power Stadium.

The Sunday Express:
Leicester helicopter crash: Owner Vichai Srivaddhnaprabha WAS on board, says relative.

The Daily Mail:
Leicester City owner, his daughter, two pilots and another person 'were all on board helicopter'
when it crashed and burst into flames outside the team's stadium.

Here's the BBC's report at 9.32.am. Greenwich Meantime. (By the way, the clocks went back 1 hour in the UK for
the end of British Summer Time)

Leicester City owner 'on board crashed helicopter'

'The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground as it left the stadium
following a Premier League match.



Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down at about 20:30 BST on Saturday, a source close
to the family has told the BBC. One witness said he saw Leicester player Kasper Schmeichel run out of the stadium
towards the scene of the crash.

It is not known how many other people were on board the helicopter.
Leicester had drawn 1-1 against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium, with the match finishing about one hour
before the helicopter took off from the pitch.



Witnesses said they saw it just clear the stadium before it spiralled out of control, with some describing seeing a fireball
as it crashed. The club said it was assisting police and emergency services and would issue a more detailed statement
in due course.

Under Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's ownership, Leicester City won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as
5,000/1 outsiders. Freelance photographer Ryan Brown, who was covering the game, saw the helicopter clear the King Power
Stadium before it crashed.

He told BBC Radio Leicester: "The engine stopped and I turned round and it made a bit of a whirring noise, like a grinding noise.

"The helicopter just went silent, I turned round and it was just spinning, out of control. And then there was a big bang and then [a]
big fireball." Sky Sports News reporter Rob Dorsett said the helicopter took off from the pitch, as it does after every game.
He said that after a few seconds it appeared to lose control and crashed into the car park just a few hundred metres away.

Leo Bruka told 5 Live that he saw two police officers whose car was near the crash scene.
"One of them was looking for something and the other one, he ran straight away to the helicopter and he was trying to break
the window," he said. "Then there is an explosion and they pulled back because the fire was too hot."

A Leicester season ticker holder, who did not wish to be named, said he saw goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel run out from the
stadium followed by "loads of security guards and stewards". "I was stood outside the ground but it crashed on the other side,"
he said. Another witness said it appeared "the tail propeller wasn't working, putting it into a spin".

Andrew Brodie, assistant chief fire officer at Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, said the crash was "clearly serious and
tragic". He tweeted early on Sunday that he had just left "multiagency strategic meetings" at Leicestershire Police's HQ, and
asked for people not to speculate on the causes or people involved.

"Think of families, friends, responders, and @LCFC and their fans," he said.
Leicestershire Police said officers were working alongside the other emergency services, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch
(AAIB) and Leicester City FC to establish the circumstances of the collision...'

BBC:

Update: 10.10.am. Sunday 28th Oct.

'...Reuters news agency also said four other people were on-board, including Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's
daughter, two pilots and a fifth person who has not been identified...'

SKY Sports:

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There is the dead man zone in a helicopter that if you have an engine failure you are basically dead or broken for the rest of your life. The take off was stupid and especially at the top of climb he was fully in the dead man zone with no speed...

However from the video I saw it looked like a tail rotor failure .... Or... the pilot ran out of anti torque pedal which I seriously doubt but it does happen.. The only way to recover is to lower your power consumption by lowering your collective (the side stick that increases or decreases the attack angle of the rotor blades... hard to do for someone inexperienced when the bird is falling and spinning)... Hopefully it was a tailrotor failure and not some stupid pilot..either way everyone is dead...RIP

[guohua]

@"727Sky" 
Thank You for the insight from your Vast Knowledge.
Helicopters are just dangerous I think.

My husband said that was the best A/C ever in Vietnam, in a Huey at treetop level watching the jungle flash by as the pilot zigged and zagged and popped up and dropped really fast.
Best time ever he said.
Until the Damn Thing Pitched up and started to drop to let them all leap out and Run Like Hell into the Jungle.

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For Sky's take on this...

'...The helicopter which crashed killing Leicester City's chairman and four others spun out of control after
a mechanism became disconnected, investigators said.

An Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report found cockpit pedals had disconnected from the tail rotor.
This caused the AW169 aircraft to turn uncontrollably to the right before it crashed near the King Power Stadium.
The AAIB said its inquiries into the 27 October crash were ongoing...'

'...An inspection at the crash site found parts of a mechanism linking the pilot's pedals to the tail rotor had become
disconnected and there was a "build-up of black grease" on one component.
The failure of the system led to the pitch of the tail rotor blades being changed "until they reached the physical limit
of their travel".

The report stated: "The initiating cause and exact sequence of the failure that resulted in the loss of tail rotor control
is being investigated as a priority."...'

BBC:

'...The eight-page report, released today, said:

"The tail rotor system was first inspected at the crash site.
"This identified that the input lever mechanism was not attached to the control shaft.
"The pin, spacers and one of the locating bearings were missing from the lever.
"The locking nut and pin carrier were found loose in the tail rotor fairing and were bonded
together (they should be separate components)."...'

The Sun: