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

submitted 23 hours 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 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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 8 hours 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 8 hours ago (1 children)

ah shit my bad

[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world -3 points 8 hours ago

I shit my bed, too