An American teenager is detained on an Antarctic Island, causing a large delay in an attempt to fly his small aircraft in every continent, which is being followed online by more than a million people.
According to BBC US partner CBS News, Chile officials stopped 19 -year -old Ethan Guo, as they had presented a false flight plan.
His deviation from that plan in the air was “active alert protocol”, in a statement by General Aaronautics, Chile’s General Aaronautics.
Mr. Guo was taken into custody after landing on King George Island, the houses of several international research stations and their employees, where the July temperature is usually below the cold.
Shree Guo’s small Sesana 182 aircraft flew from the city of Panta Arenas near the southern point in Chile, and flew on the island away from the Atlantic coast, claimed by Chile. It is named after King George III of England.
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Mr. Guo had allegedly submitted a plan to fly on Panta Arenas, but not beyond that, according to the Regional Prosecutor Christian Christian Christian Christoso Refo quoted by CBS.
He has been accused of violating two articles of the country’s aeronautical code, including a single that can cause short -term imprisonment.
In the statement, the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics, Chile said that Mr. Guo also allegedly violated the Antarctic Treaty, which controls international relations in relation to the uninhabited continent.
Mr. Guo posted an update on X on Wednesday, stating: “I am alive, I will soon make an update.”
Ethan Guo, according to his social media feed, has blown his Sesna aircraft in all other six continents in his journey for more than 140 days.
He is hoping to become the first pilot to complete single flights in all seven continents in Sesna aircraft, and at the same time aiming to raise $ 1M (£ 731,000) for cancer research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
