Historic Swiss solar-powered plane crashes into sea

WASHINGTON, United States — The experimental plane Solar Impulse 2, which completed a historic round-the-world trip in 2016 without using jet fuel, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico recently, its owner revealed. Flown by Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, Solar Impulse 2 circumnavigated the globe in 17 stages, covering a remarkable 26,700 miles (43,000 kilometers) across four continents, two oceans and three seas, in 23 days of flying without using a drop of fuel. READ: Solar plane’s Pacific crossing going smoothly Three years after the globe-trotting flight, the solar-powered vessel was sold to Skydweller Aero, which converted the […]... Keep on reading: Historic Swiss solar-powered plane crashes into sea

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