“You know what you have to do,” instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo told his 22-year-old student. After which he jumped out of the plane.

Pilot Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, is said to have jumped from a plane in Argentina while supervising a trainee who then had to land the aircraft on her own

The 22-year-old had been training with her instructor, Leandro Bertazzo (pictured), 42, in a Cessna C-150 when he evacuated the aircraft.

A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself.

Leandro Bertazzo, 42, flung himself from the pilot's seat of a Cessna C-150 on July 4, after taking off from Coronel Olmedo Airport near Córdoba, central Argentina.

Aprendiz de 22 anos conseguiu pousar aeronave após Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, abrir a porta e se jogar

A pilot jumped out of the door of a moving plane to his death, leaving the student he was teaching to fly to land the aircraft by herself.

Local prosecutors said in statement released on Tuesday they are investigating the events leading up to the incident.

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Leandro Andrés Bertazzo told the 22-year-old student “you know what you have to do” before removing his headset and seatbelt, opening the door and leaping out.

Pilot's final words stunned trainee before she safely landed the aircraft, officials say

Leandro Bertazzo, 42, jumped from the pilot's seat of a Cessna 150 on July 4, leaving the 22-year-old student he was flying with to land the aircraft alone.

“You know what you have to do,” instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo told his 22-year-old student. After which he jumped out of the plane.

Argentinian authorities investigating the suicide of Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, who had apparently not told his boss he was been under psychiatric care.

A 22-year-old pilot in Argentina was forced to land the plane she was training in after her instructor allegedly jumped out to his death midair, investigators said.