Rachel Spearing represents Sloan Helicopters Limited in Leicester City King Power Stadium Inquest.
3rd February 2025
The inquest investigating the deaths of five people including the Chairman of Leicester City Football Club Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has concluded it was an accident.
Rachel Spearing, instructed by Patrick Slomski, Aviation & Aerospace Team Partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, represented Sloan Helicopters Limited. The Jury found the helicopter “had all its appropriate airworthiness and maintenance certificates” and followed the directed findings of the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) with causation being due to the A169 helicopter’s tail rotor bearing seizing, which in turn caused the crash.
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The Senior Coroner continues to review prevention of future death issues raised by the AAIB currently under review by the Civil Aviation Authority and EASA.
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