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“Flash Fogging”: Final Report of Dgac Concludes that Piñera Helicopter Crashed Due to Lack of Visibility in the Cabin

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The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) determined that the lack of visibility from the cabin was the reason why the helicopter of former president Sebastián Piñera ended up sinking in Ranco Lake on February 6, 2024.The agency published the 71-page document under the title of “Final investigation report of aviation accident 2047-24′′, referring to the “aviation accident occurred to a helicopter manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Com…

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The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) determined that the lack of visibility from the cabin was the reason why the helicopter of former president Sebastián Piñera ended up sinking in Ranco Lake on February 6, 2024.The agency published the 71-page document under the title of “Final investigation report of aviation accident 2047-24′′, referring to the “aviation accident occurred to a helicopter manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Com…

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The final report of the DGAC concluded that former President Sebastián Piñera died after losing his visual orientation due to a sudden phenomenon of internal tarnishing of the windscreen, known as “flash-fogging”. The condensation blocked his visibility and caused a spatial disorientation that led to an involuntary descent maneuver until impacting Lake Ranco. Everything was in order: the helicopter, the license and maintenance. The examinations …

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● The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics determined that the former president died in a fortuitous accident and that all the technical aspects of the helicopter in which he moved were in order. Presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei recalled this Friday the legacy of former President Sebastián Piñera, whom she described as “a spectacular man whom I miss a lot” and expressed affection for his entire family, after the official investigation d…

The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) has delivered the final report detailing the causes of the fatal helicopter accident in which the former President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, lost his life on 6 February 2024 in Lake Ranco. The extensive 71-page document concluded that the determining factor was the loss of vision inside the cabin, which led to a fatal "involuntary descent maneuver." The DGAC report identified that the …

The report published by the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics ruled out different theories that were available about the accident.

The General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) published the final report on the plane crash on 6 February 2024 in Lake Ranco, which resulted in the death of former President Sebastián Piñera, who was piloting his personal helicopter, a Robinson R44. The 71-page document can be downloaded entirely from the Accident Investigation link, reports 2024, and corresponds to a technical analysis identifying the causes of the accident. First, it is …

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Friday, October 10, 2025.
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