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Fuel leak stopped GlobalFlyer Launch

(Dated: Tuesday 7th February, 2006)

Steve Fossett's Ultimate Flight take off has been cancelled due to a fuel leak.

At around 06:50 local Florida time, Steve and the team discovered a mechanical fault on the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer which meant it would be unsafe to take off and attempt the record.

Mission Status: Code YELLOW February 8th-11th. More information will be available shortly, but the attempted take-off for today, the 7th has been cancelled.

www.virginatlanticglobalflyer.com

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