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 Friday.

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,

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

Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in a fatal mishap shortly after takeoff from King Power Stadium in 2018.

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

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

LONDON - The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash in 2018, has brought a legal action against Italian helicopter manufacturer Leonardo SpA in a London court valued at 2.

The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Leicester City football club owner who died in a helicopter crash near the ground in 2018, has brought a legal action against Italian helicopter manufacturer Leonardo SpA.

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.

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