American teen pilot detained on small island in Antarctica
An American teenager was detained on the island of Antarctica and created a major delay in the attempt to fly his small plane to every continent that was followed by more than a million people online.
According to the Chilean officials, the BBC’s US partner CBS News, after sending a false flight plan, Ethan Guo stopped 19 -year -old.
Chilean Civil Aviation General Manager said in a statement, the deviation from the air in the air “effective warning protocols,” he said.
Mr. Guo was detained after landing to King George Island, hosting a number of international research stations and staff, where July temperatures were usually under freezing.
Mr. Guo’s small Cessna 182 aircraft got up from Punta Arenas, near the southern point of Chile, and flew to the island on the coast of the Atlantic coast allegedly by Chile. The name of the King of England III.
Teniente R. Marsh was detained at the Airport.
According to Regional Prosecutor Cristian Cristoso Rifo, Mr. Guo was allegedly giving a plane to fly through Punta Arenas, but not beyond that.
He was accused of violating two articles of the country’s aviation code, including someone who could lead to short -term imprisonment.
In a statement, the Chilean General Directorate of Civil Aviation claimed that Mr. Guo claimed that he had violated the Treaty of Antarctica, which organizes international relations with unaffected continent.
Mr. Guo released an update at X on Wednesday and “I live everyone, I will soon make an update.”
Ethan Guo, according to social media flow, flew to six continents that lasted for more than 140 days on his journey.
He hopes to be the first pilot to complete solo flights on seven continents on the Cessna plane, and at the same time, St. Jude aims to collect $ 1 million ($ 731,000) for cancer research at Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
