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Student Pilot Forced to Land Plane After Instructor Jumps Out Mid-Flight
Yahoo News ^ | 7/7/26 | Amy Hogan

Posted on 07/09/2026 1:43:56 AM PDT by Duke C.

Leandro Bertazzo a flight instructor, jumped to his death from a small plane in mid-air, leaving his 22-year-old student pilot to land the aircraft alone.

The incident occurred on Monday, July 6, over Toledo, Argentina, when Bertazzo exited the Cessna C-150 while airborne, according to an article The U.S. Sun published on Tuesday, July 7.

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1 posted on 07/09/2026 1:43:56 AM PDT by Duke C.
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To: Duke C.

“Honey, how did your flying lesson go this morning?”


2 posted on 07/09/2026 2:02:49 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Duke C.

Argentina?

So much for asking if he yelled Geronimo when he jumped. I doubt he knows too many our American Indian peoples names. My dad was 82nd airborne in 1951 he said he yelled that Geronimo name as he went through the door. I asked him why? He said because everyone did. I yell it when I jump outa bed at 74 I still don’t know why.


3 posted on 07/09/2026 2:04:20 AM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: Duke C.

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4387172/posts


4 posted on 07/09/2026 2:07:44 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Duke C.
Bertazzo exited the Cessna C-150 while airborne

Exited??

Makes it sound like he was stepping out for coffee

5 posted on 07/09/2026 2:16:41 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: Duke C.

A solo flight that student won’t soon forget.


6 posted on 07/09/2026 2:21:45 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman
Was it something I said?

-PJ

7 posted on 07/09/2026 2:27:22 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Nateman
A solo flight that student won’t soon forget.

I'm sure she won't, but she already has her pilot's license so, not a panic situation.

8 posted on 07/09/2026 3:42:21 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Duke C.

What did she write in her log book for that flight?


9 posted on 07/09/2026 3:50:39 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Duke C.

He had no intention of jumping from the plane when they took off, but then he made the mistake of asking her how her day was going.


10 posted on 07/09/2026 3:54:44 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Gnome1949

Honey, how did your flying lesson go this morning?”

“Pretty good... only... I probably shouldn’t mention it... but I spilled my coffee all over the good luck sweater you gave me on the landing. Other tha that it was uneventful”


11 posted on 07/09/2026 3:59:06 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana)
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To: Duke C.

That must have been a real nasty fart.


12 posted on 07/09/2026 4:33:28 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Duke C.

“Nag Nag Nag, I’m going for a walk!”


13 posted on 07/09/2026 4:39:02 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (FTL)
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To: Duke C.

This whole thing sounds fishy to me. Are they sure he was alive when they took off?

Probably tough to do an autopsy on a body that goes SPLAT.


14 posted on 07/09/2026 5:12:32 AM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: rbg81

Every bone gets broken, but the body stays intact...


15 posted on 07/09/2026 5:26:33 AM PDT by Does so (Book:"The Party of Death"...Dem☭¢rats ™ ® © ≣ ½⅓⅔¼¾ ⅛⅜⅝⅞ ⅓ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚)
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To: Duke C.

If you don’t give it to me I’ll jump.


16 posted on 07/09/2026 5:33:09 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Instructor was dead weight.


17 posted on 07/09/2026 5:55:23 AM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Duke C.

Student Forced To Land Plane.

= = =

Student is not forced to land the plane.

It will land itself with or without her.


18 posted on 07/09/2026 6:00:40 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( My pronoun is EXIT. Generally full of /S -- Living with Havana Syndrome -infected from Main Stream)
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To: red-dawg

LOL, that was the first thing I thought of.

I don’t get it. Why didn’t the instructor just take a plane up and jump out of it without a student aboard? Granted, I know his mind wasn’t working rationally, and the student did have a license, so he probably could have landed the plane without too much trouble, but still.


19 posted on 07/09/2026 6:03:50 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Duke C.

In the 20 to 30 seconds it took for him to land after jumping out, I wonder at what point he thought, “that was stupid”...


20 posted on 07/09/2026 6:49:23 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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