Sebastián Piñera died from "asphyxiation due to submersion" after the helicopter he was driving crashed in Lake Ranco, located about 900 kilometers south of Santiago. “Apparently, the windshield, so to speak, of the helicopter, completely fogged up and he was left blind.
" “100 meters away from the Cox house he tried to return to land, return to the beach. There, perhaps, due to a bad maneuver or precipitation, I don't know that very well, as a result of the circumstances he was experiencing, almost blind, the helicopter fell and landed on its side. And he must have received the blow,” friend Fabio Valdés said.