Solar Impulse plane begins Pacific crossing

The BBC's John Sudworth watched Solar Impulse take off from Nanjing on the most difficult phase of its round-the-world mission Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg has begun his bid to cross the Pacific, from China to Hawaii, in the zero-fuel Solar Impulse aeroplane. The experimental aircraft, which has a wingspan bigger than a jumbo but weighs little more than a large car, left Nanjing at 02:39 (18:39 GM

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太陽光発電飛行機、南京からハワイに向けて出発