body-container-line-1

Solar plane lands in Egypt in penultimate stop of world tour

By AFP
Egypt Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg waves before taking off in the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft at Sevilla aiport.  By Cristina Quicler AFP
JUL 13, 2016 LISTEN
Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg waves before taking off in the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft at Sevilla aiport. By Cristina Quicler (AFP)

Cairo (AFP) - The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for the penultimate stop in the solar-powered plane's world tour, two days after setting off from Spain.

The experimental plane had completed the first solo transatlantic flight to land in Spain last month, and will continue from Cairo to Abu Dhabi, where it began its marathon journey in March 2015.

Just in....
body-container-line