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A 20-year-old American pilot and influencer who tries to be the first pilot to fly alone to all seven continents Antarctic detention More than two months later.
Ethan guo, TennesseeChilean authorities said he hoped to raise $1 million to fight cancer, landing Cessna 182q in Antarctica without permission and was detained in June.
When he returns Punta Arenas, Chileon a naval ship, he met the media while wearing a Chilean national football team jersey, describing his detention as “ordinary” and “limited freedom”.
“The Chilean people have always been very hospitable, they are a great person,” he told reporters. “They have taken care of me. They have taught me Spanish and they treat me like their family.”
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Tennessee-based Ethan Guo hopes to raise $1 million to fight cancer, with Chilean authorities claiming he was detained in June after landing Cessna 182q in Antarctica without permission, claiming he introduced “false flight plan data.” (Salvatore di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)
Authorities said he was only authorized to fly over the Punta Arena in southern Chile, but he continued to fly south towards Antarctica.
His attorney Jaime Barrientos told the Associated Press that he had to transfer due to bad weather, claiming that Chilean authorities allowed him to land in Antarctica.
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Ethan Guo was detained on King George Island in Antarctica. (Getty)
“To his surprise, he was arrested when he was going back to the Punta Arena, which is completely exaggerated from my point of view,” Barrientos said.
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The charges against Guo were dropped last month and he was released to the mainland on Saturday.
He had to donate tens of thousands of dollars to cancer charity within 30 days and could not return to Chile within three years. He must leave the country as soon as possible.
Guo returned to Chile’s Punta Stadium on Saturday. (Getty)
On June 28, when the Chilean government and his lawyers were in talks, Guo was well below zero after landing on George Island on June 28 on the Antarctic King’s Island.
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He was 20 when he was detained in July.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
