Sick footage emerges showing Burnley FC fans singing offensive helicopter crash taunt to Leicester City rivals

Burnley FC fans have been flimed signing an offensive helicopter crash taunt to their Leicester City rivals.

The clip which has emerged online is reportedly from Tuesday night's Premier League game between the two clubs at Turf Moor, and has been circulating on Twitter and other social media platforms.

It appears to show a section of the Clarets home crowd chanting "You're going down like a chopper (helicopter)" in reference to the tragedy that claimed the life of City's late chairman and owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

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Khun Vichai was one of five people who died in the 2018 King Power Stadium helicopter crash.

His helicopter came down shortly after a home match against West Ham United on October 27, 2018 - killing all those onboard.

Employees Kaveporn Punpare and Nusara Suknamai also lost their lives in the tragedy, alongside pilots Eric Swaffer and Izabela Lechowicz.

The disaster traumatised many Foxes supporters who deeply admired Khun Vichai, as much for his philanthropy in the community as bringing the Premier League title to the city in 2016.

English Football fans are famously tribal - as they are in many other countries - and renowned for winding up their rivals with cutting and sometimes distasteful songs from the terraces.

The Blue Army is no different in this respect and a minority of City's following have rightly been criticised themselves on more than one occasion.

But it is widely felt that mocking the helicopter crash is one of the insults between fans that goes beyond the pale of acceptable behaviour.

Some Foxes fans have reacted angrily to the clip.

One said: "How bad that is. Well they're not fans singing that.. All the heartache fans had and scum like that sing