The owner of the experimental plane Solar Impulse 2, which had made a remarkable round-the-world voyage in 2016 without using jet fuel, disclosed that the plane had recently crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Solar Impulse 2 was flown by Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, and it completed a stunning round of the globe in 17 stages. It traveled a staggering 26,700 miles (43,000 kilometers) across four continents, two oceans, and three seas, and it did so without consuming a single drop of fuel.
The solar-powered vessel was sold to Skydweller Aero three years after the voyage around the world. Skydweller Aero then turned the aircraft into a drone in order to conduct out “controlled ditching,” according to a news release that was released by the firm on Tuesday.
On April 26, Solar Impulse 2 took off from Stennis, Mississippi, according to Skydweller Aero. However, on May 4, the aircraft was destroyed after it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.”Ultimately, a record-breaking flight of 8 days and 14 minutes validates the reality of perpetual, solar-powered flight in a military mission-relevant environment,” the business claimed, referring to an exercise that was conducted by the United States Navy in which the vessel was utilized. An investigation into the accident was announced by the National Transportation Safety Board of the United States.
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