He was one of five people killed all on board the helicopter when the accident occurred around an hour after Leicester’s 1-1 draw at home to West Ham United. The Thai owner’s helicopter crashed near a car park by the south-east corner of the stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch.
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.
Srivaddhanaprabha bought Leicester in August 2010 for £39million and under Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's ownership, the club won the Premier League in 2016.
The five people were on board the helicopter when the incident happened. While formal identification has not yet taken place, they are believed to be Leicester City Football Club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz.
From Championship survival to Barclay Premier league Champion 👑
*Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha*, The man who helped mastermind one of the greatest sporting stories of any generation.
Leicester City and football will never forget him. He allowed football fans to dream again.
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