Teen pilot Zara Rutherford becomes youngest woman to fly the world solo
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The 19-year-old lands at Flanders Airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, completing an epic 41-country journey spanning over 52,000 kilometers, and broke two Guinness World Records in the process.
(CNN) — Teenage aviator Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.
The 19-year-old, who has dual British-Belgian nationality, landed at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium on Thursday, completing an epic 41-country journey spanning over 52,000 kilometers (32,300 miles), and broke two Guinness World Records in the process.
"I made it," Rutherford, who received a rapturous welcome on her arrival, told reporters.
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