Solar-powered plane completes Pacific journey

A solar-powered plane has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.

Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11.45pm Saturday local time, following a 62-hour, non-stop solo flight without fuel.

The plane taxied into a huge tent erected on Moffett Airfield where Piccard was greeted by the project’s team.