{"id":8474,"date":"2018-10-28T12:15:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2018-10-28T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T11:25:13","slug":"helicopter-safety-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/8474\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter safety, again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written before about helicopter safety (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>). I always assumed they were more dangerous than fixed-wing aircraft, but when I made this claim on a blog someone pointed me to a link which said this wasn’t so (I thought it was on here, but I’ve scoured my comments section to no avail). Regardless, I try to avoid going up in helicopters and I think I’d only feel comfortable in operated by a military from a country with no green in its flag and where you can drink the tap water.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, this happened<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Leicester City owner’s helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club’s ground as it left the stadium following a Premier League match.<\/p>\n

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter when it came down at about 20:30 BST on Saturday, a source close to the family has told the BBC.<\/p>\n

One witness said he saw Leicester player Kasper Schmeichel run out of the stadium towards the scene of the crash.<\/p>\n

It is not known how many other people were on board the helicopter.<\/p>\n

Leicester had drawn 1-1 against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium, with the match finishing about one hour before the helicopter took off from the pitch.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said they saw it just clear the stadium before it spiralled out of control, with some describing seeing a fireball as it crashed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Between pilot error and mechanical failure there just seems to be an awful lot to go wrong when flying helicopters; I understand insurance companies aren’t too keen on people flying about in them, compared with fixed-wing aircraft. Sadly,\u00a0Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha won’t be the first executive of a British football club to die in a helicopter crash: Chelsea’s Matthew Harding met with a similar fate<\/a> in 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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