Leicester City owner amongst 5 killed in helicopter crash at King Power stadium

[Zero]

If it is explosion in mid-air prior to landing then this sounds like a murder to me.

[sbnufc]

fuck man, horrible

[Dokko]

More from Match of the Day floor manager Andrew James working at Leicester v West Ham:

 

“It could have landed on the TV compound where there are all the wagons but I would estimate it landed not much more than 100 yards outside the boundary of the King Power Stadium and whatever is there. I’m led to believe it’s factories rather than houses. For the first two minutes it was grey smoke billowing up into the air but within no more than two minutes there were thick flames.

 

“There was fire and two policeman ran down the road towards me. I was in the car at the time and I just pulled over to ring in. These policemen were shouting at everyone to get out of the way. I did hear one bang which sounded like a canister exploding. Upon police advice, I moved away and I am now in the stadium media suite along with probably 20 or 30 mostly newspaper journalists and a guy from Talksport.

 

“I didn’t personally see it come down. I saw it in the air, I saw it hovering 50 feet above the stadium and thought nothing off it. But it wasn’t on fire at that point. I’ve heard some people say it was in flames in the air. I don’t think it was. It was normal in the air but after it spiraled to the ground and hit the deck that’s when the flames started.

 

“The only thing I have heard from stewards in the tunnel – that’s as official as it gets right now – the chairman was here today but we don’t know if he was on the helicopter. The chairman’s son – they normally come together – wasn’t here. There are unconfirmed reports the chairman was on the helicopter. The local press agency took a picture of the director’s box and he wasn’t there but he could have gone to the loo or stayed inside for a drink. I’m hoping that is the sort of thing the club will confirm shortly.”

[AsprillasShinPad]

If it is explosion in mid-air prior to landing then this sounds like a murder to me.

 

Most reports are refuting the fire in the air thing now.

[geordiedean]

2if he wasn't on board that would have been confirmed very early on

[Guest chopey]

fake twitter account

[Ketsbaia]

fake twitter account

 

That's an hour and a half ago, so I doubt there's confirmation. Otherwise they'd all be saying it by now.

[ED209]

fake twitter account

 

That's an hour and a half ago, so I doubt that's true.

 

 

Absolute tripe, cause of death would only be established after a post mortem and would only be public after an inquest.

[Guest chopey]

Nee idea, Tony Bellew just tweeted it

[ED209]

Nee idea, Tony Bellew just tweeted it

 

Is that Tony Bellew the well known and respected air crash investigator and coroner?

[Bizza]

fake twitter account

 

I've seen that exact same tweet from 3 different people, it's absolute bollocks. Just sick cunts exploiting a tragedy to boost their twitter stats.

[Odear]

It’s quite a scummy move to pick up on a tragedy and tweet bollocks just to get likes or followers.

[Dave]

It's a fake account. Deleting those posts shortly.

[Klaus]

The internet doesn’t normally bring out the worst in people

[TRon]

Don't want to be awful here but modern helicopters don't fall out of the sky without good reason, I'd be amazed if this was mechanical failure

 

That's two football owners of British football clubs who have (probably) died in helicopter crashes in modern times. I know the odds are probably miniscule, but I wouldn't be climbing in one in a hurry if I was one, in the future. Sad day for football.

[Guest chopey]

Really sorry about this I thought Tony Bellew would have some sort of filter ............feel shit now like.

[Guest neesy111]

If it is explosion in mid-air prior to landing then this sounds like a murder to me.

 

Or mechanical failure....

[Si]

Looks horrific, hope there's some positive news.

 

[Odear]

Their director of football wasn’t on it as had been reported.

[Dave]

[Raconteur]

Glad to see the club’s Twitter join the messages of support.

 

Quite a feeling looking through them, wondering if I’d see one from NUFC.

[Klaus]

‘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."’

 

jesus

[Wullie]

Glad to see the club’s Twitter join the messages of support.

 

Quite a feeling looking through them, wondering if I’d see one from NUFC.

 

I know there's only so much you can say but I found it a bit weird that every club's message is almost identical. They put loads of them in an article on the BBC website and it's just the same tweet ten times with a different club badge next to it.

[Disco]

Glad to see the club’s Twitter join the messages of support.

 

Quite a feeling looking through them, wondering if I’d see one from NUFC.

 

I know there's only so much you can say but I found it a bit weird that every club's message is almost identical. They put loads of them in an article on the BBC website and it's just the same tweet ten times with a different club badge next to it.

Should’ve included the Man Utd fanzine, they’re buzzing.

[PRL]

BBC world just said manager is being reported as being aboard too. Not seen anywhere else so repeated with scepticism