The experimental aircraft took off from Seville at 6:20 AM (0420 GMT) for a flight that should last about 50 hours and will take it over the Mediterranean Sea.
Swiss aviator Andre Boschberg before embarking on the Solar Impulse2, to Cairo, Egypt, from the San Pablo airport in Seville, Spain.
The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane’s landmark round-the-world journey.
The experimental aircraft took off from Seville at 6:20 AM (0420 GMT) for a flight that should last about 50 hours and will take it over the Mediterranean Sea.
Swiss national Andre Borschberg was at the controls for the journey that will pass through through Algerian, Tunisian, Italian, Maltese and Greek airspace. Solar Impulse is to land in Cairo yesterday.
Source From :Â indianexpress.com
