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Leicester City helicopter crash caused by 'sequence of failures'

By Will Jefford

BBC News

A helicopter crash that killed Leicester City's chairman and four others was "inevitable" after a sequence of mechanical failures, an inspector has said.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has now published its final report on the crash near the King Power Stadium on 27 October 2018.

It concludes a tail rotor bearing seized, which in turn caused the crash.

The report added the pilot could do "very little" to save those on board.

The crash claimed the lives of Leicester City chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff - Nusara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare - and pilots and partners Eric Swaffer and Izabela Roza Lechowicz.