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And that’s basically it!
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
Bertazzo had completed another lesson earlier that day without incident
Without… jumping to his death…? Sometimes this standard journalistic phrasing just kills me. I shouldn’t be laughing
"He's taught many lessons, and this is the first time this type of incident ever happened. Everyone was shocked, he'd never done that before."
I'm so glad I'm not alone in finding this so funny.
What? He'd never died during a previous lesson?
During the flight, Bertazzo allegedly told Rosario, “You know what to do” before removing his headset, arranging his belongings, taking off his seatbelt and exiting the aircraft.
... 'exiting the aircraft'.
Yeah that's... accurate, but seems like perhaps an overly neutral verb to use.
Yep, just stepping out for a bit, to get some air.
Fuck me, this is an actual dark comedy skit, I can swear I've seen some skits from back in the day where more or less this is the plot.
I guess all I can say is that I wish I could give Rosario a hug, what an awful thing to be forced into.
"Authorities initially looked at whether a mechanical issue with the aircraft may have played a role, but local reports say investigators are now treating the case as a possible suicide."
this sounds like a suicide but... now hear me out. what if it was the hydraulic systems fault?
But seriously ….. a more plausible path is that instructors sometimes create interruptions to ensure you know how to focus on the aircraft. My instructors would open windows at inopportune times: little did they know but it caused me to fly an aircraft with a canopy that can slide back during flight, a “convertible”. In aircraft where you can, I’ve definite heard of instructors opening doors during flight.
The plausible accident is exactly that: instructor opening a door as part of emergency training. Of course it’s much harder to explain lack of seatbelt, or how he got up from his seat
You have to be able to handle a door or window opening in flight because there can be mechanical failures where that happens. And if we’re stretching things, the student pilot panicking could cause a sudden jerk of the wheel, throwing an unrestrained passenger out. It could happen. Extremely unlikely but it could …… except the seatbelt.
Authorities initially looked at whether a mechanical issue with the aircraft may have played a role
I think they may have meant if there was a gas leak or something that might have affected his mind? Afaik there were some flight and diving accidents where that was a contributing factor.
Just a quibble.
They said the instructor died 'mid-flight'
Technically, he died at the end of HIS flight.
"They expect one of us in the wreckage brother!"
His shift was over
Clock out time is clock out time, especially if you get in trouble for overtime.
- Me, fired over an overtime dispute
> Is a licensed fly instructor
> Can not fly
Those who can, do…
(Side note: I’m a language teacher for a language I began learning as an adult in a country where it is the national language, so, while I don’t support the quote in general or apply it to any other teachers, it’s definitely something that my brain sometimes snipes at me during moments of impostor syndrome)
What a selfish shitty thing to do to someone
Exactly. Imagine continuing to drive something against the wishes of others. The plan was to crash.
It's similar to people who end themselves by stepping in front of a truck or a train. It can be extremely traumatic to the driver.
If the student had a PPL, it's likely she was training with him (a commercial pilot) for her IL instrument license, the next step up from PPL. Means she was qualified to land in clear weather.
He wasn't putting her in physical peril. But it's still a terrible mental burden to put on someone else.
You never know how someone will react to something traumatizing like that. She could have had a panic attack and passed out.
Sure, but she's a trained pilot. You're literally drilled on a large number of emergency situations and procedures, with step by step checklists. The lead pilot dying isn't even the scary kind of emergency, in that situation the plane is still working fine. A sudden loss of airspeed, engine out, or a control surface unresponsive, those are all much scarier, and the pilot is expected to stay calm in all of those situations.