After several hurdles, as the world's first solar plane finally took off from Ahmedabad for Varanasi - the only stretch in India it will fly - the team that was to receive it in the temple town was still stuck in Ahmedabad.
Tweets from Solar Impulse said the project's president and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard still needed stamps on his passport and appealed for help. After several hours, the suspense was over.
This was not the first hurdle the landmark flight had to face. Andre Borschberg, the project's co-founder and pilot for the Ahmedabad-Varanasi leg, and Mr Piccard said they had to spend more than a week in Ahmedabad.
"The delay is administration," Mr Borschberg had told the media. "I am not here to accuse anybody. Since past five days, we have been trying to get all the stamps and paperwork. But every day, they say tomorrow."
The Airports Authority has waived the entire parking and airport charges about Rs 50 lakh as a goodwill gesture, sources said.
The Ahmedabad-Varansi leg - a journey of over 1070 km - will take approximately 15 hours for the solar-powered plane.
From Varanasi, the plane will fly to Myanmar.
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