Prince Willam And Kate Middleton Revealed To Have Escaped Death From Chopper Crash

Prince William and Kate Middleton were revealed to have been saved from sure death as the helicopter that they were supposed to ride in tragically crashed. The doomed aircraft called the Leicester City helicopter met its end not long before it was scheduled to transport the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their three kids.

According to The Daily Mail, before the Royal family could ride the chopper, it carried Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his staff Kaveporn Punpare and Nursara Suknamai on Oct. 27, 2018. They all died along with the pilot and co-pilot, Eric Swaffer and Izabela Roza Lechowicz, respectively, as the helicopter went down just outside the King Power Stadium, the Leicester City FC’s home ground.

The co-pilot was said to be Swaffer’s fianceé so the incident was really tragic. Now, a year after the incident, the co-pilot’s sister, Kate Lechowicz, shockingly divulged that the doomed chopper was already scheduled to carry Prince William, Kate and their children -- Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

“They were scheduled to fly together again in November just a short time after the helicopter crashed,” Lechowicz narrated to The Sun. “William had told Eric, ‘Next time it will be with Kate and the kids.’”

Prince William and the pilot are friends. They got to know each other because of the Duke of Cambridge’s position as the President of the Football Association. They, also, both play polo. In any case, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) disclosed that the cause of the crash was mechanical. A pin was unhinged and got disconnected from the pilot’s pedals and tail rotor so it went down less than a minute after taking off.

Following the tragedy, Prince William and Kate Middleton paid tribute to the crash victims and the royal couple praised the citizens of Leicester for their compassion and warmth they had shown after the mishap. Moreover, the pilot, Eric Swaffer, was hailed a hero because, up to the last minute of his life, he tried his best to steer the chopper away from the crowded ground and ultimately saved hundreds of people.