A pilot jumped out of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself. The incident took place in Toledo, central Argentina, on Saturday.
Incident Details
Flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, was found dead following the incident. He was on board the Cessna 150 aircraft with a 22-year-old student named Rosario. Bertazzo told Rosario, “You know what you have to do, carry on,” before taking off his headset and seatbelt, opening the door and jumping out of the plane.
Eduardo Álvarez, director of the Flying Parrot Córdoba flying school where Bertazzo worked, said there were no signs that the pilot was planning to throw himself from the plane. Bertazzo had gone on a flight with another student earlier that day.
Rosario managed to land the plane safely despite being in “complete shock.” The plane was undamaged. Prosecutors will now investigate the exact details of the incident that led to Bertazzo’s death.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
