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Student pilot successfully lands plane after instructor jumps to death mid-flight (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Abyssian@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Flight instructor: "Do your best, lol."

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Álvarez later took off in another aircraft to search for Bertazzo and reportedly found his body in a field around 15 to 20 minutes after the alarm was raised

~~she got back in a plane RIGHT after that to find his body. damn.~~ (edit: my dumb ass misread, see reply)

what a fucked up situation

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Álvarez is the company director, not the student

Eduardo Álvarez, director of Flying Parrot Córdoba, praised the student for keeping control of the plane during an extreme emergency.

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ah shit my bad