Four of the five on board survived the initial impact, but no-one made it out alive after the helicopter was engulfed by flames within a minute after a major fuel leak.
Hero pilot Swaffer, 53, made the chilling comment seconds before the helicopter smashed into the ground outside the club’s King Power Stadium on October 27 2018, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed.
Shortly after taking off from the pitch, the Leonardo AW169 helicopter reached an altitude of approximately 430ft before plummeting to the ground, despite the best efforts of its highly-experienced pilot.
Before crashing to the earth, the Leonardo AW169 helicopter reached an altitude of about 430 feet. The helicopter’s wreckage is depicted.
Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (pictured), staffers Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, Mr Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz, as well as Mr Swaffer and his partner, Izabela Roza Lechowicz, were all dead.
Kaveporn Punpare, a former beauty queen who worked for billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and his colleague Nusara Suknamai, right, perished aboard the fateful aircraft.
Izabela Roza Lechowicz, a professional pilot, was killed in a helicopter crash near Leicester City Football Club.
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