The newly released Air Accidents Investigation Branch report also details a shout of: "Hey, hey, hey!" from the rear cabin, where the club's owner was seated before the aircraft plummeted to the ground outside the King Power Stadium. The official report revealed the last words of the helicopter pilot that was carrying the owner of Leicester City, before it fell and crashed in October of 2018, killing 5 people, including Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. As the aircraft span out of control, Eric Swaffer, 53, could be heard saying: "I've no idea what's going on."
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Seconds later, it hit the ground outside the club's King Power Stadium, on 27 October 2018. The details were revealed in a newly released report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) into a crash that happened shortly after the helicopter took off from the pitch. Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, employees Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, Mr Swaffer and his partner, Izabela Roza Lechowicz - also a professional pilot - were all killed. The Leonardo AW169 helicopter reached an altitude of approximately 430ft before plunging to the ground. Investigators found the pilot's pedals became disconnected from the tail rotor - resulting in the aircraft making a sharp right turn which was "impossible" to control. As the helicopter lost control, a shout of: "Hey, hey, hey!" came from the rear cabin, where Mr. Vichai and his employees were seated, the AAIB said. Mr. Swaffer, a highly experienced pilot, responded by saying: "I've no idea what's going on" and "uttered an exclamation", according to the report. The AIIB concluded that he had "performed the most appropriate actions", which included raising a lever to reduce the helicopter's pitch angle and "cushion the impact". The aircraft landed on a concrete step, coming to a rest on its side. Four of the five occupants survived the initial impact, but all subsequently died in the fuel fire that engulfed the helicopter within a minute. The crash happened around an hour after a Premier League match between Leicester City and West Ham United. Srivaddhanaprabha was a father of four children and the founder of the giant duty-free company King Power International. He was very popular with Leicester City fans after he bought the little-known English club in 2010 and led it to achieve a legendary achievement by winning the English Premier League title for the first time in its history in 2016.