Chile’s ex-president dies in helicopter crash
Former Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
Three other people on board survived when the helicopter crashed into a lake near the southern city of Lago Ranco.
Piñera flew his own helicopter, but there is no official confirmation that he was the pilot at the time of the crash.
The conservative politician achieved rapid economic growth during his first term in office from 2010 to 2014. Abroad, he is best known for rescuing 33 miners trapped under the Atacama Desert in 2010 for 69 days.
However, his second term, from 2018 to last year, was marred by violent social unrest.
Announcing three days of mourning and a state funeral, his leftist successor Gabriel Boric, president of Chile, paid a warm tribute to Piñera.