08/13/2025
Last year, American teen influencer Ethan Guo began a journey to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents. The trip also aimed to raise $1 million for childhood cancer research through St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
But that mission has quickly become a nightmare.
Prosecutors said he was authorized to fly to the Chilean city of Punta Arenas, which is often used as a base for excursions to Antarctica. Authorities said Guo provided “false flight plan data” and traveled to King George Island, about 75 miles off the coast of Antarctica.
Guo was detained at the airport on King George Island and has been charged with handing false information to ground control and landing without authorization, both breaches of the Chilean Aeronautical Code. The code calls for short-term imprisonment or a fine for anyone who lands on the country’s territory without authorization. https://cbsn.ws/4fyL5br
