THE Anglo-Swiss team trying to make the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight is now unlikely to touch down in Egypt, contrary to earlier hopes, organisers said on Wednesday. The meteorologists plotting the course of the Breitling Orbiter III, piloted by Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain, will not be able to name a precise landing place before Thursday evening. The balloon, which set off from Switzerland on March 1, crossed Mexico on Wednesday morning and is due over North Africa on Saturday, if winds permit, which would complete the round-the-world flight. “Several options are still being considered over North Africa. However, a landing in Egypt seems very improbable due to the development of the winds,” organisers said.