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A trainee pilot was left on his own to land an aircraft after his pilot instructor, Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, decided to jump out of a moving plane high in the air in the skies of Argentina on Saturday, July 4. This forced the student, known as Rosario, to safely land the aircraft on his own. Bertazzo, who was the age of 42, was later found dead following the incident.
The trainee pilot was 22 years old, and after Bertazzo’s ruthless act, left the individual on his own to carry on and land the aircraft safely. Following the incident, there have been questions on Bertazzo’s mental health leading up to this day, to which Eduardo Alvarez, the director of the Flying Parrot Cordoba Flying School, noted no signs.
Trainee Pilot Instructed To “Carry On”
According to reports by CNN News, Rosario was on a training flight with Bertazzo when the incident took place. According to Rosario, the instructor made a brief comment before he got up out of his seat, noting, ‘You know what you have to do, carry on’. This was followed by Bertazzo taking off his headset, getting out of his seat, and then opening the Cessna 150 doors and jumping.
This was the second flight of the day for Bertazzo, who clearly was waiting for the right time to end his life. This tragic decision left Rosario on his own in the airplane, having to fend for himself. Rosario was left in complete shock; however, he was able to land the plane safely and with no damage.
For Bertazzo, the feat of opening the plane door mid-flight would have been difficult, comparable to opening a car door when traveling at approximately 124 miles (200 km) per hour. Alvarez shared the following statement:
“He made this tragic decision on board an aircraft with another person by his side. It’s impossible to think about it or understand it, but the human mind is so complex.”
Bertazzo Was A ‘Beautiful Person’
According to Alvarez, Bertazzo was a ‘beautiful person with a great smile’, and according to his LinkedIn profile, had been working at the Flying Parrot full time, and suggested he was certified for FAA Multiengine ATP-CTP / OACI 5. Following Bertazzos life-ending jump, it will now be investigated by prosecutors in Argentina for the exact details that influenced Bertazzo’s final decisions.
Bertazzo was an experienced flight instructor and was also qualified and had worked previously in the neighboring country of Chile, as per his LinkedIn, which showed he had been a trained pilot since November 2018. Bertazzo’s final flight, which was operated by the Cessna, had been on a training flight over central Argentina last Saturday and had been passing over the Argentinian city of Toledo in the province of Córdoba.
Flying Parrot operates its flying school from the Colonel Olmedo Airport, which carries the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) code SACD. It is located approximately one mile (1.6 km) from Coronel Olmedo, in Cordoba, Argentina.
Cessna 150 Characteristics
The plane at the centre of the incident was a Cessna 150, which is a two-seat airplane that is primarily used for flight training, hobby flights, or touring. It is a tricycle-gear general aviation airplane, and it was succeeded in production by the Cessna 152. The 150 is the fifth most popular aircraft ever produced, with close to 24,000 built.
For operators, it comes in several named configurations, which started with the Standard (basic) model, followed by the Trainer (dual control), Deluxe, Patroler, Commuter II (commuter), and Aerobat (aerobatic). The plane was manufactured for close to two decades between 1958 and 1977.
Fortunately, for Rosario, the trainee pilot left abandoned in the skies of Argentina after Bertazzo’s act was able to handle the controls on his own and was able to land the aircraft safely. Simple Flying extends its condolences to the families affected by this incident.
