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Pilot instructor who jumped to his death during a lesson – leaving student to land the

A pilot instructor who jumped to his death during a flight lesson in Argentina had been seeing a psychiatrist but had not told his colleagues, it has emerged.Leandro Bertazzo, 42, jumped from the pilot's seat of a Cessna 150 on July 4,…

Murdered girl, 10, jumped from window in bid to escape wicked stepmom’s sick torture

A 10-year-old jumped from a two-story window in a bid to escape her stepmom and dad before she was ultimately tortured to death, according to police.Rebekah Baptiste was found unresponsive on a highway in Holbrook, Arizona, in July after…

Felix Baumgartner dead at 56: Daredevil who jumped from space is killed in paragliding

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has died in a paragliding crash in Italy.The Austrian sportsman, 56, reportedly lost control of his aircraft on Thursday at around 4pm in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Marche.Italian local media has reported the…

Hijacker who jumped out of a plane in 1972 with $200,000 – and was never seen again

It seems hard to imagine now, but in the 1960s and 1970s, huge numbers of scheduled airflights were hijacked, most of them by lone nutters armed to the teeth.It was, literally, a different age. Internal flights in the U.S. were…

Revealed: Supercar convoy ‘jumped red lights and breached traffic regulations’ before

A supercar convoy broke traffic regulations by 'jumping red lights' and 'failing to give way' during the luxury rally that led to a horror crash and killed two in Italy on Monday, according to local media.Graphic footage captured the…

Teenager, 18, jumped off a bridge to her death three months after being drugged and raped

A teenager died by suicide three months after being drugged and raped while on holiday in Greece, an inquest has heard.Julie Crowe, 18, from Porterstown Lane, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, Ireland died as a result of injuries sustained after…