Solar plane forced to postpone Pacific crossing

A record-breaking attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean in a solar-powered plane was aborted after bad weather forced Solar Impulse 2 to make an unscheduled stop in the Japanese city of Nagoya
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Solar Impulse 2 is attempting to circle the globe using only solar power

May 30, Nanjing: Plane takes off at 18:39GMT

Nanjing-Hawaii: 8,200km. 6 days/nights. 120 hours

Jun 1, Nagoya: Bad weather forces landing

Hawaii-Phoenix: 4,700km. 4 days/nights. 100 hours

PACIFIC OCEAN

Kalaeloa

Phoenix
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JOURNEY SO FAR  Distance  Time

1 Mar 9. Abu Dhabi (UAE) - Muscat (Oman) 441km 13hrs 1min

2 Mar 10. Muscat - Ahmedabad (India) 1,485km  15hrs 20min

3 Mar 18. Ahmedabad - Varanasi (India)  1,215km 13hrs 15min

4 Mar 19. Varanasi - Mandalay (Myanmar) 1,398km  13hrs 29min

5 Mar 29. Mandalay - Chongqing (China)  1,459km  20hrs 29min

6 Apr 21. Chongqing - Nanjing (China)   1,344km  17hrs 22min

7 May 31. Nanjing - Kalaeloa, Hawaii (U.S.) 8,200km  Aborted
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Source: Solar Impulse

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