An inquest into the deaths of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others in a 2018 helicopter crash revealed that mechanical failure, specifically a seized tail rotor bearing, was the cause. The pilot, Eric Swaffer, is credited with attempting to control the helicopter despite the catastrophic failure.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the late owner of football club Leicester City next to the club’s English Premier League trophy in Bangkok May 18, 2016. — Reutersas a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeLONDON, Jan 14 — Mechanical failure caused a helicopter containing the owner of Leicester football club to crash in a fatal incident, the opening day of an inquest was told yesterday.
Mark Jarvis, the principle inspector at Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch, told the inquest a duplex bearing on the tail rotor became “seized and locked” before the helicopter crashed and burst into flames. “The pilot took quick action and took the only actions he could do and continued to try and take those actions. The pilot did everything possibly expected of him.”
HELICOPTER CRASH LEICESTER CITY VICHAI SRIVADDHANAPRABHA MECHANICAL FAILURE INQUEST
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