>A 19 year old pilot has been detained in Chile after altering his flight plan and making an unauthorized solo flight to Antarctica
Why can't you fly over Antarctica? There is nothing there right?

>itt: things that didn't happen

>>81711762 (OP)
maybe they don't want them dumping shit and melting the ice

>>81711762 (OP)
>there is nothing there
yeah, like air traffic control to make sure you don't crash into a foreign research station causing an international dispute

>>81711762 (OP)
Great, kid. Thanks for leaving all that burned fuel down there

>>81711762 (OP)
>Why can't you fly over Antarctica
For the same reason no plane flies over tibet

Yeah there's nothing in there.

>>81711762 (OP)
>There is nothing there right?
Yes. Don't look. There's nothing.

>>81711762 (OP)
Anon, omg, you dense fool, everyone knows they have VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY stern environmental regulations for Antarctica! That's why!

>>81711762 (OP)
you could build a plane from parts machined entirely by yourself, with gas you distilled, and some government somewhere will try to tell you what you can and can't do with it.
just thinking about how much power the state has fills me with rage. no one can be free.