Sebastián Piñera has died: two incidents with his helicopter that heralded the tragedy

Sebastiano Pineraformer president of Chile, died this Tuesday after the helicopter crashed in which it was located in the municipality of Lago Ranco, in the Los Ríos region, located in the south of the country. But This is not the first time it has made headlines due to airline problems.

While pain invades the world following the tragic death in a plane crash, and condolences multiply, some news and background stories that have marked Piñera’s public life come to mind.

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (hence his full name) I was 74 years old and was a Chilean commercial engineer and businessman, who served as president of the Republic of Chile in two non-consecutive periods between 2010-2014 and 2018-2022.

Sebastián Piñera and an episode with his helicopter in 2011

There near the January 22, 2011who during his term as president of Chile Piñera starred in a Emergency landing due to lack of fuel with his Robinson 44 helicopter.

It was located in the middle of a regional highway in the town of Quilicura Bajo, around Curanipe, in Region VII, about 300 kilometers south of Santiago.

Sebastián Piñera and his friend, the entrepreneur Andrés Navarro, were traveling on the rotary plane.

According to the filmed images released, the president He asked where he was and I made a phone call to get gas.

The episode sparked criticism from many media outlets about the president’s travels, which were supposed to take place with the president corresponding safety measures and whether the fuel was public or not.

After such repercussions, the head of state said: “On vacation, do what you like.”

And he added: I know that some get angry, but we do it with respect, responsibility, seriousness and therefore we must not change our way of being”, reflected the media of the time.

“People know that I work intensely, 15 or 16 hours a day, but when I’m on holiday I have the right to play sports, be with my family and read,” he said.

And he closed forcefully, focusing on critical journalism: “They are not worried about the president. I would say this They are afraid of upsetting the President.. But this is life anyway,” Piñera concluded, as he underlined Third.

Piñera emergency landing by helicopter on a football field

Antecedents show that the president avoided committing to follow certain advice, and basically continued with the activities he carried out before becoming governor, he mentioned. The world.

According to the newspaper La Tercera, the then president said privately that he should do so “accumulate hours” to renew your helicopter driving license. To do this he had to demonstrate that he had completed 12 or more hours of flying in a year.

And history marks another aerial episode right in advance.

In January 2007, Sebastián Piñera had to do it pay a fine when placing your aerial vehicle on the stadium field municipality of Quellón, in the Chiloé archipelago, just at the moment in which a sporting activity began.

But there is more, according to what has been spread about what happened in 2008: he ended up in the middle of the main court of Monumental stadium, where the Colo-Colo team plays I was training.