Zara Rutherford lands in SL on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world

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The teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed at the Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana (CIAR) today in her bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.

The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara started a journey on August 18, 2021 to fly solo around the world and she hopes to complete 51,000-kilometre trip across five continents & 52 countries by mid-January 2022.

Sri Lanka becomes her 56th stop.

Zara Rutherford will be flying a Shark, which is a high-performance ultralight aircraft manufactured in Europe. It is incredibly fast with cruising speed reaching 300 km/h. The aircraft has been specially prepared for such a long journey.

The CIAR welcomed her and wished all the very best.

Comments - 13

MOHAMED HUSSAIN Tuesday, 28 December 2021 05:04 PM

Best of luck on her journey! But please don't fuel your aircraft in SL

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Palitha Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:35 PM

Traitor

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Seb Tuesday, 28 December 2021 05:24 PM

Cool! Good luck Zara! :-)

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BE FAIR Tuesday, 28 December 2021 06:30 PM

22m [minus the 6.9m] People are also on SOLO mode in this land like no other

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Samantha Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:40 PM

I Wish all the best for her journey.

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Sundram Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:50 PM

One whit woman lands in a solo flight, so much excitement in Sri Lanka. This is the pinnacle of the Sinhalese rule since 1948.

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Mahila Wednesday, 29 December 2021 03:30 AM

Because there are not many (or even one Black woman) who have done this successfully. It is not material Black or White, but effort

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Kussiamma Sera Wednesday, 29 December 2021 05:45 AM

But Zara, please do beware of Johnny-don't even look at him!!!

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Hans Solo Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:00 AM

In the shadow of Emilia Earhart!

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Billy Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:08 AM

Why all the fuss. Mahinda also went on a solo flight to Tirupathi.

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Karu Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:09 AM

When she writes her flying experience hope she doesn't mention the long queues with empty gas cylinders seen from the sky

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Seqi Wednesday, 29 December 2021 08:16 AM

meanwhile in Sri Lanka little planes have been falling from the sky......

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Dinesh Wednesday, 29 December 2021 11:14 AM

Creating ideology among young Sri lankans to follow same

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