Sebastián Piñera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash - BBC News

Sebastián Piñera became known abroad for overseeing the spectacular rescue of 33 miners in 2010.

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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.

Piñera had flown his own helicopter but there was no official confirmation he had been the pilot during the crash.

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