Leicester City helicopter crash

arch stanton · October 28, 2018

roydo said:
Am I the only one thats a bit confused that 12 hours after the helicopter crashed by the ground, no one seems to know who was actually in it?

No police statement. No hospital bulletin. Nothing from the club.

That said, condolences to anyone involved.

they'd need to formally ID, that would probably have to be by dental records or DNA and then they'd have to inform all close members of family before a general release. The fact that no contradictory news says this is the case. Very sad, RIP to all involved and condolences to surviving families.

PhilM · October 28, 2018

A friend of mine who works on 'copters (ex-forces and now in civil form) says it was an AugustaWestland AW-169, which is a relatively new and respected design.

They can hold up to ten passengers, but in an executive or VIP set-up it'd be closer to seven or eight, so the talk of having up to twenty on board is pure fallacy.

It's also a twin-engine, as required by law-enforcement or rescue agencies, so he's surprised if there's been a catastrophic engine failure as has been reported.

Ring master · October 28, 2018

PhilM said:
A friend of mine who works on 'copters (ex-forces and now in civil form) says it was an AugustaWestland AW-169, which is a relatively new and respected design.

They can hold up to ten passengers, but in an executive or VIP set-up it'd be closer to seven or eight, so the talk of having up to twenty on board is pure fallacy.

It's also a twin-engine, as required by law-enforcement or rescue agencies, so he's surprised if there's been a catastrophic engine failure as has been reported.

it was 2 years old, according to Leicester papers last night

12.39am on there
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/.../leicester-city-helicopter-crash-live-2155081

bullybeef · October 28, 2018

Very strange that the occupants of the helicopter have not been confirmed.

They must know who was on board and surely all families would know about the crash now given its high profile.

In the meantime rumours persist of further high profile figures being involved, a player, manager, international manager and owner.

There needs to be an announcement to stop the rumours.

larbert toffee · October 28, 2018

Can only echo the sentiments of all on here, sadly some things are above the game of football, thankfully these incidents happen rarely.

Eggs · October 28, 2018

..Sky now saying the Leicester owner, his daughter, two pilots and one unnamed person on the flight. Five on board.

Ring master · October 28, 2018

Eggs said:
..Sky now saying the Leicester owner, his daughter, two pilots and one unnamed person on the flight. Five on board.

Probably got info from there

macdog · October 28, 2018

Dreadful news. Condolences to all at Leicester FC.

trueblue84 · October 28, 2018

Tragic news. Must be a pretty terrifying ordeal.

Disappointing that various news outlets chose to speculate and sensationalise such a horrific accident, rather than report the facts.

N.S.N.O. · October 28, 2018

Watching the video of the helicopter on fire, it's also another reminder of the amazing work ambulance service workers do...i sure as hell couldn't do what they do... Unimaginable the things they see doing their job...

toffeejack · October 28, 2018

Such sad news, sadly you'd have to think their chairman has passed away. This is really gutting.

Seathestars · October 28, 2018

Terrible news, at times like this you realise football is not really that important.

PhilM · October 28, 2018

bullybeef said:
They must know who was on board and surely all families would know about the crash now given its high profile.

Thailand is +7 GMT so when the accident occurred it would have been the middle of the night and nor is it always that easy to identify and locate relatives.

Then, you'd have to factor in that it would have then been the middle of the night in the UK. Once all parties are contacted and boxes are ticked, it'll be announced.

Eggs · October 28, 2018

PhilM said:
Thailand is +7 GMT so when the accident occurred it would have been the middle of the night and nor is it always that easy to identify and locate relatives.

Then, you'd have to factor in that it would have then been the middle of the night in the UK. Once all parties are contacted and boxes are ticked, it'll be announced.

...starting to leak out now with news the owners daughter was on board, very sad.

ijjysmith · October 28, 2018

bullybeef said:
Very strange that the occupants of the helicopter have not been confirmed.

They must know who was on board and surely all families would know about the crash now given its high profile.

In the meantime rumours persist of further high profile figures being involved, a player, manager, international manager and owner.

There needs to be an announcement to stop the rumours.

There hasn’t been announcement because doing the right thing by giving next of kin time to be informed and have a few hours of privacy before the media circus gets fully under way.