LEICESTER, England — A person with knowledge of the situation says the Thai owner of English Premier League club Leicester was on a helicopter that crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from the soccer field at the team’s King Power stadium in central England.
The person says Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the team’s owner of eight years, was on board with four others, none of whom were his family members.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because they were not authorized to release details of the passengers.
There was no official word on casualties from Saturday’s crash as investigators examined the wreckage, and hundreds of fans brought tributes to the stadium.
The 60-year-old Vichai, who owns Thai duty-free retail giant King Power, is known for arriving and leaving the stadium in his helicopter.
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