An experimental plane is attempting to fly around the world... all without an single drop of fuel. <br />According to mission control, the Solar Impulse 2 now entering Indian airspace after taking off on its second leg from Oman on Tuesday. <br />The wings of plane, which span across a Boeing 747,... are equipped with 17-thousand solar cells but all together, it weighs 2-and-a-half tons or about your average car. <br />Two Swiss pilots will be at the helm during the record-breaking trip, which seeks to prove that the future of flying is possible without fossil fuels. <br /><br /><br />"We want to show that climate change is a fantastic opportunity to bring on the market new clean technologies that save energy, save natural resources of our planet, make profit, create jobs, and sustain growth."<br /><br />The full mission is expected to be completed over the next 5 months.<br />At an average speed 50 to 100 kilometers per hour...<br />One of the biggest challenges will be a non-stop, 85-hundred kilometer stretch from Nanjing, China... across the Pacific to Hawaii... which is expected to take five days and nights. <br /><br />And that wraps up our look at international stories for now. I'll see you back here tomorrow night.
