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A teenage pilot, who’s trying to fly all seven continents solo, hit a patch of tough air this weekend when Chilean authorities detained him for altering his flight plan with out their permission and touchdown in Antarctica.
Chilean prosecutors say American influencer Ethan Guo, 19, broke “a number of nationwide and worldwide rules” by altering his flight plans with out prior discover, touchdown on part of Antarctica the place the South American nation maintains a territorial declare.
CNN requested a remark from Guo, whose lawyer on Sunday stated the younger pilot had skilled “issues” whereas flying.
Guo, whose web site states he’s attempting to lift $1 million for most cancers analysis by turning into “the primary individual ever to fly to all seven continents solo,” has broadcast his continent-hopping journey since final September to greater than one million Instagram followers.
His final submit, on June 23, paperwork a flight over the Philippines.
Chilean authorities say that on Saturday, Guo submitted a false flight plan and took off from Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Airport within the southern Chilean metropolis of Punta Arenas as the only passenger and crew member aboard a Cessna 182Q plane, registered as N182WT. At one level throughout that flight, authorities say he turned off target towards Antarctica.
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