CHILE Former President Died 2/6 By Drowning In Helicopter Crash In Lake

BBC 2/6/24: Sebastián Piñera: Chile ex-president drowns after his helicopter crashes in lake.

Chilean ex-President Sebastián Piñera, who served two terms and was also a billionaire businessman, has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.

Three other people aboard the aircraft survived when it came down in a lake near the southern town of Lago Ranco.
A post-mortem carried out on Piñera's body, which had earlier been recovered from the submerged helicopter, showed he had drowned.
National mourning has been declared and tributes have poured in.
Piñera was spending his holidays with his family in the lakeside resort of Bahía Coique, 920km (570 miles) south of the capital, Santiago.
The ex-president often used his private helicopter to travel around the area and officials have confirmed he was piloting it when it crashed on Tuesday.