Overview
- A 42-year-old instructor, Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, reportedly opened the Cessna's door and jumped from the aircraft while flying with a 22-year-old trainee, leaving the student alone in the cockpit.
- The trainee, who held a pilot license but had relatively few hours, contacted ground staff and followed their instructions to make an emergency landing without injuries.
- Bertazzo's body was recovered in a rural area near Toledo, Córdoba, and local authorities are treating the July 4 incident as a suicide.
- Investigators are conducting technical checks on the Cessna, including whether the door functioned normally, and are gathering forensic, maintenance and witness information.
- Reports that Bertazzo had sought psychiatric help without informing his employer have prompted scrutiny of mental-health disclosure rules and single-instructor training safeguards that regulators and flight schools may now reassess.