A closeup of a screen at the GlobalFlyer media centre showing GlobalFlyer's route so far. Photograph: Jane Perrone
At 8am Fossett had covered 13,391 miles and was travelling at 45,500ft over Chinese airspace. GlobalFlyer had passed the halfway mark and at 7.05am local time over Calcutta after flying for 30 hours and 19 minutes. But this morning brings news of a more dramatic nature that could bring a premature end to Steve Fossett's bid to become the first person to fly around the world nonstop and solo.
Mission control have noticed a discrepancy between the two fuel gauges they use: after much number crunching from chief engineer Jon Karkow, they now think the lower figure is right, meaning that Fossett will only make it back to Kansas with favourable tailwinds.
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