100 days on: how a city and a football club came together after the Leicester helicopter crash

Those who were touched by the disaster of October 27th have been reflecting on the last few months. Credit: PA
  • It's 100 days since the night a helicopter belonging to the Chairman of Leicester City Football Club - Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, crashed outside the stadium, killing five people.

  • Here is how Leicester, and the football club, have come together in the weeks after the tragedy.

Fans left hundreds of flowers, shirts and scarves outside the stadium in tribute to those who died.

But one fan left behind something particularly dear to him.

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In the weeks that followed, the funeral ceremonies for Khun Vichai began in his native Thailand. The Leicester players flew out to take part and pay their respects.

Fans organised a 5000/1 march through the city, ahead of Leicester’s match against Burnley, their first home game since the crash.

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The flowers outside the King Power stadium were respectfully moved by volunteers to a location were they could be preserved and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited to pay tribute to a man they knew personally.

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The Air Accident Investigation Branch have published their initial findings, describing in stark detail what happened when the helicopter crashed, and the catastrophic damage to the aircraft.

They are expected to publish their full report later this year.

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