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A private jet chartered to Paraguay ended up at the center of a major drug trafficking bust — 577 pounds of high-grade cannabis seized the morning after it landed. The co-pilot, internet-famous for winning a jet on a MrBeast challenge, was arrested and then fully cleared. But the captain, an Estonian-American contract pilot named Keith Siilats, left the country before police arrived — and has been fighting a media narrative ever since without ever being charged. Dan Millican sits down with Siilats for his first full on-camera account of what happened, what he says he didn't know, and what it looks like when an AI chatbot decides you're the mastermind before you've ever seen a courtroom. Subscribe to Taking Off for aviation news and stories that go deeper than the headline. — PARTNERS & SPONSORS — ▸ Serendipitous Films – For business inquiries → takingoff@outloudtalent.com ▸ AEROVERSE – Use code TakingOff for 15% off! → https://www.aeroverse.com/ ▸ FlyingEyes Optics – Get 10% off pilot glasses → https://flyingeyesoptics.com/pages/taking-offs-discount ▸ Colten Mortgage – Residential mortgage & refi, run by a pilot! → https://www.coltenmortgage.com/takingoff ▸ XeVision – Extreme LED Landing Lights. The only competitor is the sun! → https://www.xevision.com (https://www.xevision.com/) ▸ Clemens Insurance – Your broker should be fighting for you. Call Clemens! → https://www.clemensinsurance.net/ ▸ Marshal Protective Services – Private Security Elevated! → https://mpsprotects.com/ ▸ METAR Maps – The large METAR map on our set! Mention TakingOff when you order → https://metarmaps.com/ ▸ Lightspeed Headsets – Support us by buying through our link → https://www.lightspeedaviation.com/?ref=13