A teenage boy from Indiana who was flying around the world with his father in a single-engine plane was killed when their plane crashed earlier today near American Samoa. The father is missing at sea.
The teenager, who recenlty secured his pilot's licence, had been trying to fly around the world in 30 days, leaving Indianapolis in the US on June 19 and aiming to return there on July 26, becoming the youngest pilot to do so in such a short time.
He was trying tor raise $1 million for The Citizens Foundation charity, which promotes education for disadvantaged young people, and the money was to build schools in Pakistan.
"We don’t really know what happened with the plane," Hiba Suleman, Haris' sister, said in a press conference today. She said the plane took off at 9:50 p.m. local time and at 10:15 p.m. the air traffic controller saw the lights of the plane go down about 23 miles off American Samoa.
She said her brother intended to take SATs and go to engineering school, following in her dad’s footsteps.
"Dad talked for years of going on this trip. We believed in it. We knew there was a risk," she said.
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