Flight Student Manages To Land Plane Solo After Instructor Jumps To His Death

The 22-year-old student pilot faced a dangerous situation on Saturday when his instructor reportedly forced him to jump out of the plane mid-flight and make an emergency landing alone.

42-year-old Leandro Andrés Bertazzo was found dead in the town of Toledo, Argentina. expression From the country’s prosecutor, who was released on Tuesday.

CNN affiliate TN reported On Wednesday, it was reported that the flight student, identified only as Rosario, was in the Cessna 150 when Bertazzo exited the plane.

Bertazzo told him, “You know what you have to do, go ahead,” before taking off his headphones, opening the plane door and jumping out, TN reported.

Eduardo Álvarez, director of Flying Parrot Córdoba, told TN that there was no sign that Bertazzo was planning to jump out of the plane that day, adding that the instructor had given a flying lesson to another student earlier that day.

“He made this tragic decision on the plane with another person next to him,” Álvarez said in a statement to the press. “It’s impossible to think about it or understand it, but the human mind is very complex.”

Álvarez said Rosario was “in complete shock” when Bertazzo jumped, but still managed to land the plane safely.

Reports from Argentina Del Sur Diario He said the plane was about 850 feet above the ground when the incident occurred.

Del Sur Diario reported that after the landing, Rosario contacted authorities and tried to show them the area where he believed Bertazzo had crashed.

Prosecutors said they were working to clarify the circumstances that led to the incident. They also took custody of the plane, according to Tuesday’s statement.

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