The family of the former Leicester City owner killed in a helicopter crash have launched a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) legal claim against the manufacturers of the aircraft, it was announced Friday.

The family of former Leicester soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has filed the largest fatal accident claim in English history after the Thai billionaire died in a helicopter crash in 2018, representatives said.

The family of former Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash outside the club’s King Power Stadium, has filed a £2.15billion fatal accident claim against the aircraft’s manufacturer,

The family of the former chairman of Leicester City, who died with four others in a helicopter crash, has launched a £2.15 billion legal claim against the aircraft's manufacturer.

Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the club’s King Power Stadium.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s family is making the claim against Leonardo, the aircraft’s manufacturers, blaming it for the accident in 2018

The billionaire Thai family that owns Leicester City has launched an unprecedented £2.15 billion legal claim against the manufacturers of the helicopter that crashed in 2018 outside the King Power Stadium,

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other people were killed when their helicopter crashed just outside the club's King Power Stadium in October 2018.

The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in 2018, said on Friday it had made a 2.15 billion pound ($2.65 billion) legal claim against Italian defence company Leonardo in a London court.

A £2.15bn (€2.5bn) legal claim has been launched over the helicopter crash that killed Leicester City Football Club’s ­former owner, a PR firm acting for his family has said.