Condolence Register Opens at Leicester City for Crash Victims

A book of condolence has opened at Leicester City Football Club for its owner and four others who died in a helicopter crash.

The aircraft came down in a car park moments after taking off from the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of staff, the pilot and a passenger all died at the scene.

The book will be in a marquee outside the club, with an online version also available.

Nursara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz also died in the crash, according to a police report.

An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing with aircraft’s digital flight data recorder already recovered.

Mr Vichai’s wife and son laid a wreath at the stadium on Monday in the presence of the club’s first team, youth squad and manager Claude Puel.

Top left: Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, top right: Izabela Roza Lechowicz, bottom left: Kaveporn Punpare, bottom middle: Nursara Suknamai, bottom right: Eric Swaffer
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, top right: Izabela Roza Lechowicz, bottom left: Kaveporn Punpare, bottom middle: Nursara Suknamai, bottom right: Eric Swaffer

Leicester City’s first team fixture on Tuesday against Southampton in the EFL Cup and the development squad game against Feyenoord in the Premier League International Cup have been postponed.

De Montfort University and the University of Leicester will hold a minute’s silence to remember the victims of the crash.

Bristol City's Ashton Gate ground
Bristol City’s Ashton Gate ground was lit blue as a tribute to Leicester City

Buildings across England, including council offices and sports clubs, have been lit blue – the club colour for Leicester – as a tribute to the dead.