Solar Impulse 2 stayed in Cairo because of the state of health of the pilot – BBC

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Continuing the circumnavigation flight aircraft Solar Solar Impulse 2 is temporarily postponed due to unsuitable weather to start (strong wind) and the pilot’s health, reported in blog of the project.

it is noted that the pilot Bertrand Piccard not feeling well due to an upset stomach, and for two or even three days of solitary flight it must be in the best shape

«we always put safety first, so we have decided to postpone the flight,” -. point in the project team.

The pilot in the Twitter apologized for the delayed flight from Cairo to Abu Dhabi, which will complete the trip around the world.

At the end of June plane on solar batteries for the first time crossed the Atlantic ocean after 70 hours of flight. Before that Solar Impulse 2 flying over New York .

Plane on clean solar energy started March 9, 2015 from Abu Dhabi in the UAE, it shifts were two pilots -. Bertrand Piccard and André Borshberg

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