Overview

• On June 28, Guo altered a filed flight plan midair, submitted false details about flying over Punta Arenas and landed without authorization at Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Base.
• Regional prosecutors charged him with breaching Chile’s Aeronautical Code and multiple international regulations, arguing his actions endangered air traffic safety to Antarctica and the Magallanes region.
• A Chilean court imposed a 90-day inquiry during which Guo must remain in the Antarctic sector until officials clear his return to Punta Arenas.
• His lawyer, Karina Ulloa, says in-flight complications led to what Guo describes as an exploratory detour to test the route.
• Since September, Guo has been documenting his solo mission to all seven continents on social media to raise $1 million for cancer research inspired by his cousin’s diagnosis.