2018 Leicester helicopter crash 2018 Leicester helicopter crash On 27 October 2018, an AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter crashed shortly after take-off from the King Power Stadium, the home ground of Leicester City Football Club in Leicester, United Kingdom. All five people on board – the pilot and four passengers, including club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha – were killed. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch attributed the crash to a loss of yaw control owing to a failure of the tail rotor control linkage. Vichai frequently travelled to and from Leicester City's matches at the King Power Stadium in the helicopter, with the "Leicester Mercury" describing it as
Leicester City W.F.C. Association in May 2018. Leicester City Women also run a Reserves team and run the Leicester City Women Development Centre. The development centre expanded at the beginning of the 2017/18 season and caters for under 9’s, 10's, 11’s, 12's, 13’s 14's, 15's, 16's and 18’s. Leicester City WFC achieved four successive promotions since they were founded in 2004, they gained promotion into the FA Women's Premier League in 2008. They finished 5th in their first season in the Northern Division (Second Tier) before three consecutive third-place finishes. In 2013, Leicester City WFC were relegated from the Northern Division having picked