The former president of Chile died in a helicopter crash
| The former president of Chile, Sebastian Piñera, died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Tuesday. |
Fars News Agency International Group; Sebastian Piñera, a billionaire businessman who served two terms as the president of Chile, died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
Three other occupants of the helicopter that crashed into a lake near the southern city of Lago Ranco on Tuesday survived. Pinera was on board his helicopter, but there is no official confirmation that he was the pilot at the time of the crash.
Following the death of the former president of Chile, public mourning has been declared in this South American country.
Outside Chile he is best known for overseeing the rescue of 33 miners who were trapped under the Atacama Desert for 69 days in 2010.
According to the BBC, in the first term of this conservative politician’s presidency from 2010 to 2014, there was rapid economic growth, but his second term from 2018 to last year was full of social unrest. accompanied by violence.
Piñera’s body was found by the Chilean navy after his helicopter crashed in the area where he was vacationing with his family in February, according to Spanish newspaper El País. .
| publisher | Fars News |
|
