Many members of Leicester City football club, including management, staff, coaches and players attended the funeral of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of the club and the duty-free King Power empire, at Wat Debsirindrawas on Sunday.
A group of 40 representing the club flew in to Don Mueang airport onboard a private jet, having left for Thailand straight after the Foxes’ 1-0 victory over Cardiff City.
Leicester City manager, Claude Puel, as well as some of the players, arrived at the airport at 4.25pm on Sunday before travelling directly to the temple to join other mourners at the funeral.
His Majesty the King provided funeral water and bestowed an octagonal funerary urn for the royally sponsored rite.
Vichai died in a helicopter crash near the King Power Stadium in Leicester on the evening of Oct 27.
The funeral was also attended by leading figures in business and political circles.
Meanwhile, the UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch announced on Friday that inspectors had travelled to Leicester to start an investigation.
Engineering support staff oversaw the careful transfer of the wreckage to a specialist facility in Farnborough, where a more detailed examination will be carried out.
The digital flight recorder is also being scrutinised in the department’s laboratory. Although subject to intense heat in the post-accident fire, initial work on it has allowed the successful download of the recordings. Inspectors have started a detailed analysis of its contents, according to the branch.
