Chile’s ex-president dies in helicopter crash

Sebastián Piñera, Chile’s first conservative leader after the end of military rule in 1990, has died at the age of 74


Robinson R66 helicopter
12m
Engine: Rolls Royce RR300
Max speed: 200km/h


PERU
BOLIVIA
ARGENTINA
CHILE 
Santiago


Feb 6, 15:30 local time: Helicopter, reportedly piloted by Piñera himself, plunges
into Lake Ranco after visit to friend and businessman José Cox. Three other passengers survive crash


Bahía Coique
Piñera’s holiday home

Lake Ranco
Lago Ranco
Cox’s house
4km 2.5 miles


SEBASTIÁN PIÑERA

Harvard-trained economist made fortune introducing credit cards to Chile in 1980s

Credited with rapid economic growth during first term from 2010 to 2014

Best known abroad for overseeing spectacular rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days beneath Atacama Desert in 2010

Second term, from 2018 to 2022 marred by violent social unrest over inequality and cost of living


Sources: La Tercera, Reuters, Robinson, OpenStreetMap 
Picture: Getty Images 
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