You Know What To Do': Flight Instructor's Chilling Last Words Before Jumping Mid-Air, Leaving Student Alone

You Know What To Do': Flight Instructor's Chilling Last Words Before Jumping Mid-Air described a fatal training incident in Argentina involving a Cessna 150 and an instructor’s final instruction. The event occurred on 4 July during a lesson near Toledo in Córdoba Province, operated by Flying Parrot Córdoba, when flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, reportedly jumped from the aircraft leaving his 22-year-old student alone at the controls. According to the student, Bertazzo removed his headset, set aside a mobile phone, unfastened his seatbelt, and opened the door while the plane was at about 850 feet. The student recalled his last words as telling her to carry on. Despite being left alone and experiencing what officials described as complete shock, she contacted the airfield, landed safely without damage, and directed responders to the area where the instructor fell, allowing authorities to locate his body nearby; medical staff pronounced him dead at the scene. Argentina’s Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation, and Bertazzo’s father said his son had sought psychiatric treatment following personal struggles. No formal findings were reported in the account.