LONDON (AP) — Have flame, will travel.
London organizers revealed the first details Wednesday of the Olympic flame’s journey from Greece to Britain for the 2012 London Olympics.
The flame will be lit in a traditional hourlong ceremony May 10 and carried on an eight-day relay around Greece. British Airways will fly it to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall on a gold-liveried Airbus.
The flame gets its own seat — though British Airways suggests it will be in a class all its own. Regulators gave organizers special permission to have a live flame on the plane. It will be placed in a miner’s lantern for safety for the duration of the flight.
The torch will travel for 70 days on a 8,000-mile relay across the U.K.
The games begin July 27 and end Aug. 12.
