The solar plane’s attempt to waft around the world has been grounded by battery failure. As the pilots regroup for the next leg,they discuss the highs and lows of their epic journeyThe darkest moment of André Borschberg’s unprecedented solar flight across the Pacific was not when he learned of the battery failure that has now suspended the Solar Impulse flight until next spring.
It was 12 hours into the journey, as he flew about 6000 metres over the Pacific, and south-east of Tokyo,and a decision had to be made about whether to continue. “Before every flight you occupy what we call the point of no return – it was the afternoon of the first day,” he says.
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Source: theguardian.com