Overview
- A 42-year-old instructor reportedly opened a Cessna C‑150 door and jumped out during a training flight, leaving his 22-year-old student alone in the cockpit on Saturday.
- The student, who held a pilot brevet but had limited hours, contacted ground staff and completed a safe landing while shaken.
- Authorities found the instructor’s body in a rural area near Toledo, Córdoba, and identified him as Leandro Bertazzo.
- The flight-school director told reporters that Bertazzo removed his headset and phone, opened the door despite the low altitude and air pressure, and had flown another training sortie earlier that day.
- Investigators are examining fitness-to-instruct, whether the instructor failed to report prior psychiatric care as reported by local media, and whether training or reporting protocols were followed which could prompt regulatory review.