Poor weather has delayed Solar Impulse 2'sdeparture from India on the next leg of its epic bid to become the first plane to fly around the world powered solely by the sun.
The aircraft had been due to leave Ahmedabad city in the western state of Gujarat on Sunday and travel on to Myanmar after a short stopover in the holy city of Varanasi in northern India.
But weather forecasts showed there was a good chance of rain in Ahmedabad on Saturday night, and organisers said that "due to the weather", the plane would now take off on Tuesday, March 17.
A senior Ahmedabad airport official who asked not to be named said the team would assess the flying conditions on Monday evening, adding that "moisture levels are higher than usual at this time of the year".
Solar Impulse 2 landed in Ahmedabad near midnight on Tuesday, finishing its second leg in little less than 16 hours after taking off from the Omani capital Muscat to break a distance record for solar planes.
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