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

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

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Flight instructor: "Do your best, lol."

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[–] axx@slrpnk.net 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

student pilot successfully landed a plane by herself

Illustration picture is a man.

This is infuriating.

[–] Humana@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That's a picture of the instructor not the student

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I thought it was some rando pilot they found.

"We need a picture of a pilot for this tragic story. Not smiling, stupid."

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who cares about the instructor?

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably his family that's still processing and mourning his odd suicide.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Attempted homocide, you mean?

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Suicide harms more than the individual committing it, yes.

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's also the wreckless abandonment of a person under your immediate proxy

[–] shuffle3765@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

She's 22, quite possible she didn't want her photo being put online