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Helicopter crash Leicester City FC
Looks like the owners Helicopter has crashed in the carpark after taking off from the centre spot
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Watching footage circulating twitter, it is hard to say anyone would have survived that. very likely the owner was on board.
thoughts with everyone involved
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I'm not saying what many of us may be thinking.
Hopefully things not as bad as they appear.
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Looks carnage. OMG this is shocking.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dreadful news regarding the helicopter crash and ensuing fire outside Leicester City's King Power Stadium.<br><br> that the occupants somehow are OK<br><br>Pictures from Sky Sports News <a href="https://t.co/Ox2mnRRcuf">pic.twitter.com/Ox2mnRRcuf</a></p>— Dave Roberts ( burnleystats ) ⚽ (@DLRbrts) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLRbrts/status/1056273992389148673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Michael Morris
Looks carnage. OMG this is shocking.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dreadful news regarding the helicopter crash and ensuing fire outside Leicester City's King Power Stadium.<br><br>�� that the occupants somehow are OK<br><br>Pictures from Sky Sports News <a href="https://t.co/Ox2mnRRcuf">pic.twitter.com/Ox2mnRRcuf</a></p>— Dave Roberts ( burnleystats ) ⚽���� (@DLRbrts) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLRbrts/status/1056273992389148673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Doesn’t look good , hope all on board survived and there are no casualties but I guess this puts our game with Leicester in doubt next week ?
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Crash happened 80 minutes ago and Sky keep repeating the line that there's fears several people may have died. They say the helicopter can hold 20 people. The owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, was seen climbing into it and the helicopter crashed and became a fireball a minute later when it came down in the club's car park.
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billy.ronson
Doesn’t look good , hope all on board survived and there are no casualties but I guess this puts our game with Leicester in doubt next week ?
Forgot to say , hope nobody was in the car park when it came down ......shocking news
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billy.ronson
Doesn’t look good , hope all on board survived and there are no casualties but I guess this puts our game with Leicester in doubt next week ?
Wouldn't have thought game would be in doubt. Probably will be discussed but Whatever has happened they will want to get things back up and running ASAP.
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Father Dougal
Wouldn't have thought game would be in doubt. Probably will be discussed but Whatever has happened they will want to get things back up and running ASAP.
Maybe as a mark of respect? Even if the owner wasn't on board the pilot and by the look of it anyone in the vicinity may have been killed.
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Father Dougal
Wouldn't have thought game would be in doubt. Probably will be discussed but Whatever has happened they will want to get things back up and running ASAP.
Funny how we all react differently to situations good or bad. The last thing to cross my mind after seeing this on the news was our game against them next week.
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doesnt look good does it :angry:
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Leicester City, the police and ambulance service have released very bland statements. It seems there were fatalities and they're not releasing that info until those next of kin have been informed.
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Organ Morgan.
Leicester City, the police and ambulance service have released very bland statements. It seems there were fatalities and they're not releasing that info until those next of kin have been informed.
Which is absolutely the right thing to do.
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I'm not sure how they could be expected to play next week if there have been fatalities. Club captain Kasper Schmeichel was reported to have run out of the stadium towards the burning helicopter. The last thing on his mind right now is playing a game of football at 3pm next Saturday.
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Wales-Bales
I'm not sure how they could be expected to play next week if there have been fatalities. Club captain Kasper Schmeichel was reported to have run out of the stadium towards the burning helicopter. I'm sure the last thing on his mind is playing a game of football at 3pm next Saturday.
I saw a report saying he was in tears
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Wales-Bales
I'm not sure how they could be expected to play next week if there have been fatalities. Club captain Kasper Schmeichel was reported to have run out of the stadium towards the burning helicopter. I'm sure the last thing on his mind right now is playing a game of football at 3pm next Saturday.
I don't want to sound callous (or be callous) but I'm not sure that members of a football team will be so traumatised by a crash that kills their club owner that they are unable to play a match a full week later.
If it was members of the playing or coaching squad then yes - but this seems to be something removed from their normal circle, and although upsetting and tragic, not a reason to postpone a fixture. Thousands of people will have arranged their lives around that match and in my view it would have to be something much closer to the Leicester squad to justify postponing and rearranging.
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A sad day for football, put things into perspective
Daily mirror are saying LCFC owner was on board, it would be a miracle if anyone survived
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jon1959
I don't want to sound callous (or be callous) but I'm not sure that members of a football team will be so traumatised by a crash that kills their club owner that they are unable to play a match a full week later.
If it was members of the playing or coaching squad then yes - but this seems to be something removed from their normal circle, and although upsetting and tragic, not a reason to postpone a fixture. Thousands of people will have arranged their lives around that match and in my view it would have to be something much closer to the Leicester squad to justify postponing and rearranging.
Sometimes football really doesn't matter. How could anybody expect these players to turn up for training on Monday after witnessing such a horrific crash, with people they know possibly burning to death before their eyes. I just don't see how they could carry on as if nothing had happened.
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Fulham traveller
A sad day for football, put things into perspective
Daily mirror are saying LCFC owner was on board, it would be a miracle if anyone survived
Truly awful seen a tweet from sidwell that a Brighton fan has also passed after taken ill during the game today
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Wales-Bales
Sometimes football really doesn't matter. How could anybody expect these players to turn up for training on Monday after witnessing such a horrific crash, with people they know possibly burning to death before their eyes. I just don't see how they could carry on as if nothing had happened.
This
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Trying to keep up with this news. Appreciate it’s late in the UK but there seems to be some gathering news momentum that is suggesting Claude Puel may also have been on board. What a bad bad day
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StraightOuttaCanton
Trying to keep up with this news. Appreciate it’s late in the UK but there seems to be some gathering news momentum that is suggesting Claude Puel may also have been on board. What a bad bad day
Oh dear, how awful if true. Beyond comprehension.
What a sad day .
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The BBC are now saying that they understand the Leicester owner was on board.
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Originally Posted by
jon1959
I don't want to sound callous (or be callous) but I'm not sure that members of a football team will be so traumatised by a crash that kills their club owner that they are unable to play a match a full week later.
If it was members of the playing or coaching squad then yes - but this seems to be something removed from their normal circle, and although upsetting and tragic, not a reason to postpone a fixture. Thousands of people will have arranged their lives around that match and in my view it would have to be something much closer to the Leicester squad to justify postponing and rearranging.
They have a game Tuesday I think, which will get postponed. How could they possibly be expected to train in preparation for the match with us, against this kind of backdrop? I fully expect our game against them to be postponed too. Although what has unfolded makes football incidental.
A really tragic accident.
Prayers for their families.
BTW: My post isn't meant to suggest that you hadn't grasped the gravity of the event or its broader impact. I can see where you were trying to come from.
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Wales-Bales
Sometimes football really doesn't matter. How could anybody expect these players to turn up for training on Monday after witnessing such a horrific crash, with people they know possibly burning to death before their eyes. I just don't see how they could carry on as if nothing had happened.
This ^^^^^ I’ve seen death close up abs it’s ****ing horrible and lingers with you for a long time. That’s a truly horrendous experience if the players have seen that.
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Bbc reported the manager may have been on board.
Was expecting to wake up to lots of news about it today but so far nothing. My initial reaction is i don't think that's a good sign at all.
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The Leicester manager most likely on board because he has not issued any statement.
I imagine players might also have been on board.
Tragic.
I’ve always been scared of helicopters myself
I post as I am about to take off from Gatwick..
Hence the complete news blackout.
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Father Dougal
Bbc reported the manager may have been on board.
Was expecting to wake up to lots of news about it today but so far nothing. My initial reaction is i don't think that's a good sign at all.
Can't help thinking you're right.
As for Claude Puel, I'd be surprised if he was on the helicopter if it took off that soon after the match, but who knows? Not sure the BBC should be mentioning things like that when it's no more than speculation really.
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AlwaysAway2
The Leicester manager most likely on board because he has not issued any statement.
I imagine players might also have been on board.
Tragic.
I’ve always been scared of helicopters myself
I post as I am about to take off from Gatwick..
Hence the complete news blackout.
It's really not right to speculate about something 'most likely' or that players were on board.
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It's a horrible and traumatic event. Football becomes secondary by a considerable distance. RIP those who have died and suffered in the football world this weekend. Next weeks fixture list can wait.
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My heartfelt sympathies to all of the victims and their families. A very sad day.
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I can't remember a worse day for football, personally.
I was too young to understand the seriousness of Hillsborough, but surely yesterday had to be the blackest day in British football since then?
Very sad.
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Majorblue
Football becomes secondary by a considerable distance. .
It’s funny that if it wasn’t football related and it were a crash involving some randoms in Cumbria or Shropshire, it wouldn’t get more than a passing glance in the media, nor would the wider public really be too concerned.
Personally, I don’t have any feelings of sadness. I don’t know these people. I think the strongest feelings I have are passing shock, especially when reading the manager might have been involved. But as for their chairman, it’s bad but there are much worse things going on out there. At least he got to live the life he did.
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Divine Wright
It’s funny that if it wasn’t football related and it were a crash involving some randoms in Cumbria or Shropshire, it wouldn’t get more than a passing glance in the media, nor would the wider public really be too concerned.
Personally, I don’t have any feelings of sadness. I don’t know these people. I think the strongest feelings I have are passing shock, especially when reading the manager might have been involved. But as for their chairman, it’s bad but there are much worse things going on out there. At least he got to live the life he did.
I think people are showing sympathy towards the family of those involved, the Leicester players, and fans of a fellow football club we are due to play next saturday, it's not really about you and how you feel.
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Divine Wright
It’s funny that if it wasn’t football related and it were a crash involving some randoms in Cumbria or Shropshire, it wouldn’t get more than a passing glance in the media, nor would the wider public really be too concerned.
Personally, I don’t have any feelings of sadness. I don’t know these people. I think the strongest feelings I have are passing shock, especially when reading the manager might have been involved. But as for their chairman, it’s bad but there are much worse things going on out there. At least he got to live the life he did.
Part of it is probably because it happened at a football stadium, a place where many of us go each weekend or maybe even live very close to. So there's something for us to relate to.
But mainly, if you don't feel any kind of sadness about it, then that's great for you. Thanks for sharing.
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Wales-Bales
I think people are showing sympathy towards the family of those involved, the Leicester players, and fans of a fellow football club we are due to play next saturday, it's not really about you and how you feel.
It’s not. You’re right.
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Leicester City owner 'on board' as helicopter crashes in King Power Stadium car park
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ium-car-park1/
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Still nothing official. Sky say sources indicate the owner, his daughter, a pilot and navigator plus an unknown other person were aboard.