Flight grounded until spring 2016 after batteries on board Solar Impulse 2 overheated on first day of record-breaking trip from Japan to HawaiiA team attempting to flit a solar-powered plane around the world has been forced to suspend its journey in Hawaii after the plane suffered battery damage during its record-breaking flight to the islands.
The Solar Impulse team said in a news release it would continue the bid to circumvent the globe, but irreversible damage caused by overheating batteries would ground the flight until at least April.
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Source: theguardian.com