An American influencer has been stranded in Antarctica since June after piloting a airplane with “false flight plan knowledge.”
The 19-year-old solo pilot, Ethan Guo, was attempting to fly to all seven continents “whereas gathering donations for childhood most cancers analysis,” based on The Unbiased. However as influencers are wont to do, he did not play by the foundations of one other nation — on this case, Chile.
Since June 29, when Guo was arrested for giving Chilean airport officers phony info and illegally touchdown in Antarctica’s Chilean territory, he has been shacking up at a army base, unable to hitch a trip out of Antarctica as a result of extreme climate. His expenses, nonetheless, have been dropped on the situation that he donate $30,000 “to a youngsters’s most cancers basis inside 30 days.”
From The Unbiased:
Authorities say Guo landed his small airplane illegally in Chilean territory after offering false flight plan info, prompting an official investigation….
Prosecutors stated he had been licensed to solely fly over Punta Arenas, however that he stored going south, heading for Antarctica in his Cessna 182Q — a single-engine gentle plane identified for its versatility. …
[O]n Monday, a choose dropped the costs as a part of an settlement along with his legal professionals and Chile’s prosecutors. It requires the teenager to present a $30,000 donation to a youngsters’s most cancers basis inside 30 days to keep away from a trial….
For the previous six weeks, since being charged, he has stayed at a army base. He was not compelled to remain there, solely to stay in Chilean territory, however due to the extreme winter in that a part of the southern hemisphere, there have not been any obtainable flights he might take. And he has been unable to fly his Cessna.
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