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Solar-powered plane Impulse 2 leaves Oklahoma

Jean Revillard, Solar Impulse 2, AFP | Handout picture obtained on May 13, 2016 from Solar Impulse 2 shows ground crew members working on the aircraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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An experimental, solar-powered aircraft took off from Tulsa, in the midwestern US state of Oklahoma early Saturday, kicking off the latest phase of its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel.