Police say drone not cause of Leicester helicopter crash as black box found

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Police say drone not cause of Leicester helicopter crash as black box found

 

Leicester City players look at tributes left for Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground after the match on Saturday, in Leicester, Britain, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

 

(Reuters) - The helicopter crash that killed Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was not caused by a police drone, Leicestershire Police said on Monday, as investigations continue into how the accident happened.

 

Thai businessman Srivaddhanaprabha died along with four others when his helicopter crashed and then exploded outside the club's King Power Stadium on Saturday after a Premier League match against West Ham United.

 

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said it had recovered the flight data recorder and would remain in the city until the end of the week before transporting the wreckage to its facilities in Farnborough.

 

"Today, our inspectors in Farnborough will start working on the recorder, which was subject to intense heat as a result of the post-accident fire," according to a statement from the AAIB, which investigates all civil aircraft accidents in Britain.

 

The cause of the crash remains unclear.

 

Leicestershire Police said on Twitter that their drone was not in flight when the helicopter left the stadium.

 

It came down in a car park outside the ground shortly after 1930 GMT, about an hour after the end the match.

 

Police named the other victims of the crash as passengers Izabela Roza Lechowiczas, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, and pilot Eric Swaffer.

 

The Italian maker of the helicopter, Leonardo SpA, said it was ready to assist the investigation.

 

Khun Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, and Aimon Srivaddhanaprabha, son and wife of Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, lay a wreath for Vichai and four other people who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground after the match on Saturday, in Leiceste

 

Vichai's family, including his son and wife Aiyawatt and Aimon, arrived at the stadium on Monday to lay flowers among the mass of tributes already left by the club's supporters.

 

Hundreds of people had queued since the morning to lay toys, scarves and bouquets to remember the much-loved owner who took over the club in 2010 and oversaw their incredible rise from the second tier to Premier League title winners in 2016.

 

Players and staff from the club were also at the stadium to pay their respects.

 

Leicester City's first-team squad had a short training session on Monday morning but the club's fourth round League Cup tie with Southampton, scheduled for Tuesday at the King Power, was postponed because of the accident.

 

(Reporting by Christian Radnedge; editing by John Stonestreet)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-10-30

[DoctorG]

Initial witness reports that the engine just stopped and it came right down (as they tend to do). Many will be waiting for the official verdict.

[Khun Paul]

Well let us think, he landed the Helicopter safely after the match and was just taking off again then crashed, so something happened between landing and taking off, which one must assume was okay, for an experienced pilot ( which he was ) anything out of the ordinary would be seen and the take off aborted. 

[Sonhia]

Although tragic, would a foreigner of same standing, who died in similar circumstances within Thailand, be honored as much by Thais?

 

My point is this, unlike Thais, most foreigners respect an individual for being an individual and not looked upon as merely an ATM, as are most foreigners by a majority of Thais.

 

To see the respect shown by so many toward a non Brit, makes me proud to be British.

 

RIP

[Rimmer]

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[DM07]

1 hour ago, Sonhia said:

Although tragic, would a foreigner of same standing, who died in similar circumstances within Thailand, be honored as much by Thais?

 

My point is this, unlike Thais, most foreigners respect an individual for being an individual and not looked upon as merely an ATM, as are most foreigners by a majority of Thais.

 

To see the respect shown by so many toward a non Brit, makes me proud to be British.

 

RIP

Following these questions, I have another one: we hear a lot of what he did in and around Leicester, all good things!

Was he doing some of that stuff in Thailand, too?

Honest question!

[Norrad]

8 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Initial witness reports that the engine just stopped and it came right down (as they tend to do). Many will be waiting for the official verdict.

No they don't. You can perform an autorotation landing after an engine failure. Although height and speed play a big part. Anything below 30 meters or 30 knots and likelyhood of a successful autorotation landing is slim. Think of how a Sycamore seed works.

[Pilot3Boz]

10 hours ago, DM07 said:

Following these questions, I have another one: we hear a lot of what he did in and around Leicester, all good things!

Was he doing some of that stuff in Thailand, too?

Honest question!

He was a big philamprothist in Thailand also, recently he was giving ambulances to volunteer rescue squads... The Mrs, says he was a very good man to Thailand and will be missed... 

[DM07]

He was a big philamprothist in Thailand also, recently he was giving ambulances to volunteer rescue squads... The Mrs, says he was a very good man to Thailand and will be missed... 

Thanks

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[Norrad]

Watching the video it seems it was a total loss of tail rotor effectiveness. It would have been impossible to recover from that and a forced/slash hard landing would be have been difficult to achieve ????

 

 

 

[DrTuner]

I'll place my bet on Italian quality helicopters.