Student Lands Plane Safely After Instructor Jumps to His Death

In Argentina, a 42-year-old flight instructor, Leandro Bertazzo, jumped to his death from a moving plane during a training flight. Bertazzo left the controls of the Cessna 150 aircraft to his 22-year-old student, who managed to land the plane safely despite being in shock. The incident occurred on July 4 in the city of Toledo, Argentina. According to the prosecutor's statement, Bertazzo opened the door of the plane he was training in for unknown reasons and jumped out. Local media reported that before jumping, Bertazzo told his student Rosario, ''. He then removed his headphones and seatbelt and jumped out of the plane. Bertazzo's lifeless body was found after the incident. The manager of the flight school where he worked, Eduardo Alvarez, stated that there was no indication that the instructor had planned such an act. Alvarez mentioned that Bertazzo had also conducted a training flight with another student on the same day, and that the events had deeply shocked them. The student, Rosario, who was in great shock, managed to land the plane safely without any damage. The prosecutor's office has launched an investigation to uncover all the details of Bertazzo's death.