Solar Impulse Japan take off canceled

June 24, 2015 03:07

Mission controllers trying to fly a solar plane around the world canceled take off from Japan early tomorrow because of weather problems over the Pacific Ocean.

Solar Impulse 2 had been due to leave Nagoya, central Japan, at 2.30 am (1730 GMT) bound for Hawaii, on the latest and most ambitious leg of a bid to circumnavigate the globe using only the power of the sun.

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