Solar-powered plane begins round-the-world attempt

[WorldNews]

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The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using only solar power launched from Abu Dhabi on Monday on a landmark journey that will test its pilots' endurance to the limit. "The adventure has started," Solar Impulse chairman Bertrand Piccard said emotionally, after pilot Andre Borschberg took off from Abu Dhabi's Al-Bateen airport at 7:12 am (0412 GMT) on the historic circumnavigation aimed at promoting green energy. After four hours' flying, Borschberg was on schedule, having already entered Omani air space and covered just over a third of the distance.

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