Solar-powered plane attempts first global flight

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Solar-powered plane attempts first global flight

Solar Impulse has taken off from Abu Dhabi on the first leg of its quest to fly around the world fueled only by the sun's rays. CNN's Amir Daftari reports.

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Solar-powered plane attempts first global flight

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This handout photo taken early on June 29, 2015 and provided by the Solar Impulse project shows sunrise a little while after the Swiss-made solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 took off from the international airport in Nagoya, Japan, headed for Hawaii. The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft passed "the point of no return" on June 29 after it left Japan bound for Hawaii, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg, 62, left the city of Nagoya around 3:00 am (1800 GMT), five days after weather problems forced the organisers to cancel an earlier attempt.

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Solar Impulse 2, a solar powered plane, flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Saturday, April 23.

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Solar Impulse II plane nears its destination

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Solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse 2 takes flight as it begins its historic round-the-world journey from Al Bateen Airport, Abu Dhabi in the UAE, on March 09, 2015.

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Solar plane set for round-the-world flight

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