the airplane flew
Das Flugzeug flog genau um zehn Uhr ab.
The plane took off at exactly ten o’clock.
Das Flugzeug flog über den Wolken.
The plane flew above the clouds.
Das Flugzeug flog in Richtung Hongkong.
The plane flew towards Hong Kong.
Aber das Flugzeug flog von allein weiter.
But the plane continued flying on its own.
— Porco Rosso (1992)