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US teen influencer pilot accused of unauthorized Antarctic landing reaches deal to leave Chile - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Ethan Guo agreed to donate $30,000 to a children's cancer charity and avoid Chilean territory for three years to resolve charges after his unauthorized Antarctic landing.

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(CNN) — A judge in Chile has agreed to suspend proceedings against a teenage American pilot and social media influencer who has been stuck on a remote Antarctic island since late June after he was accused of landing there without permission. Ethan Guo was attempting to fly to all seven continents solo, raising funds for cancer research, when he landed on a part of Antarctica where the South American country maintains a territorial claim. Prosecu…

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On June 28, the young American influencer and pilot Ethan Guo, 19 years old, landed without permission at the Chilean base President Frei Montalva, on King George Island, Antarctica. His unauthorized descent occurred while carrying out a personal campaign to fly solo across the seven continents and thus raise funds against childhood cancer. The incident exposed him to judicial charges in Chile, where the Prosecutor's Office accused him of giving…

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