An inquest into the 2018 helicopter crash that killed the owner of Leicester City Football Club opened on Monday.Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed when the Thai billionaire's personal helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from the Premier League club's King Power Stadium following a match in October 2018.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was remembered for his ‘kind spirit’ and ‘commitment’ to Leicester City during the inquest into his death.

The inquest is expected to hear tributes to the five victims, including Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the owner of Leicester City.

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.