Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when his personal helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the clubs King Power Stadium in October 2018; former Leicester owners family allege Leonardo S.

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.

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,

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.

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

The family of former Leicester City chairman Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has launched Britain's largest-ever fatal accident lawsuit, seeking £2.15bn in compensation from helicopter manufacturer Leonardo SpA.