The owner's helicopter crashed in Leicester – Sport – Corren.se

The helicopter owned by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of Leicester City, took off from the King Power Stadium football pitch about 30 minutes after Leicester met West Ham on Saturday night. It is not known if Srivaddhanaprabha was on board.

Witnesses recounted that the helicopter had been struck by a problem with the tail rotor.

"I saw the helicopter turn," writes the Leo Bruka witness at TT.

He had gone shopping and had not seen the football match. He reports that a police car with two police officers was near the scene of the accident, parking.

"Try to save the pilot"

"One of them rushed to the helicopter and he had something in his hand. I think he was trying to rescue the pilot or who was now inside, "writes Leo Bruka.

The other officers took a fire extinguisher to try to smother the flames, but the wreckage exploded and the police were forced to retreat.

"Then it exploded again, it was a big fire," says Bruka, continuing:

"I could feel the heat"

On a mobile film like that of Bruka published, a violent fire appears in a parking lot before a policeman asks him to turn off the cell phone and say "there are people in there" aiming at the car. ;helicopter.

Not clear on the passengers

Billionaire and owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha usually rides aboard the helicopter and leaves the football field after every home game, but it's unclear whether he did it even this time, reports the BBC.

The ambulances were there two minutes after the first call, writing on Twitter the East Midlands ambulance service. According to the British media, it took about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire.

The arena had to be evacuated at the same time.

No West Ham player was injured

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha bought the club in August 2010 and spent a lot of money on it. He was the owner during the 2015-16 season when the club won the Premier League.

The accident occurred after a match between Leicester City and West Ham (1-1). Brad, the CEO of West Ham, confirms twitter that everyone from the team left the stadium in good condition.