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Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has died in helicopter crash, says his office
cnn ^ | 02/06/2024 | AnneClaire Stapleton and Tara John,

Posted on 02/06/2024 12:23:37 PM PST by BenLurkin

The helicopter carrying the conservative billionaire crashed in the Los Ríos region of southern Chile, his office said in a statement.

Pinera, who was 74 years old, was Chile’s president from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chile; helicopters; sebastianpinera
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1 posted on 02/06/2024 12:23:37 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

The Chileans and their helicopters …

RIP


2 posted on 02/06/2024 12:26:22 PM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

Was he thrown out of the helicopter prior to the crash?

Asking for a friend.


3 posted on 02/06/2024 12:28:27 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

Them helicopters will getcha.


4 posted on 02/06/2024 12:43:30 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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“At the time of the crash, there was widespread rainfall in the area, but it is unclear if the weather caused the crash.”


5 posted on 02/06/2024 12:56:24 PM PST by plain talk
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To: BenLurkin

Ron Brown was unavailable for comment.


6 posted on 02/06/2024 12:59:26 PM PST by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

First thing I thought of!


7 posted on 02/06/2024 1:02:03 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: BenLurkin

Unnecessary helicopter rides are -always- a bad idea.


8 posted on 02/06/2024 1:05:06 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: billorites

It’s a country that’s basically a long and very tall mountain chain. A convenient, but not the safest, environment for travel by helicopter.


9 posted on 02/06/2024 1:10:44 PM PST by katana
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar
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10 posted on 02/06/2024 1:17:30 PM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: BenLurkin

He probably recently tweeted that he had dirt on hitlery.


11 posted on 02/06/2024 1:18:48 PM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: BenLurkin

Unexpected


12 posted on 02/06/2024 1:18:54 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: BenLurkin

RIP.


13 posted on 02/06/2024 1:50:55 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: BenLurkin

Helicopter: Ten thousand parts all moving in different directions.


14 posted on 02/06/2024 2:10:29 PM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: Moltke

LOLOL 👍😆


15 posted on 02/06/2024 2:12:46 PM PST by MachIV
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To: Moltke
As God is my witness, I thought communists could fly.

Now that is the way to bring back an oldie but goodie. WKRP forever.
16 posted on 02/06/2024 2:14:48 PM PST by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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To: Moltke

Classic.


17 posted on 02/06/2024 2:16:41 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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18 posted on 02/06/2024 2:20:58 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Sad. He could have fixed our social security system like he did with Chile. Didn’t his brother take over once?


19 posted on 02/06/2024 2:36:17 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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“Get to the Chopper”

err..no...wait!


20 posted on 02/06/2024 2:52:05 PM PST by DAC21
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