Solar Impulse forced to abort flight due to adverse weather.
Solar Impulse, the solar powered plane which took off less than 48 hours ago, on a 6 day journey from China to Hawaii, has been forced to abort the flight due to poor weather conditions. The plane will now head to Japan and wait for clear skies before attempting to continue the flight.
Pilot, Andre Borschberg, has Tweeted that he is disappointed but looking forwards to the next attempt.
Bertrand Piccard, the project co-founder, watching the flight from mission control has stated that the weather does not fit, and that safety ha to be their top priority.
The plane should arrive at the Komaki airfield in Nagoya, Japan at 23:00 local time (14:00 GMT). You can track the flight on the Solar Impulse website.
BREAKING NEWS: Weather window toward Hawaii has deteriorated. We decided to make an intermediate landing in Nagoya! pic.twitter.com/crziXXRX10
— SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 1, 2015
Follow @andreborschberg's landing in Nagoya #LIVE on http://t.co/JIj9tHK6hl at 14:00 UTC @bertrandpiccard pic.twitter.com/pOSECrVzkd
— SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 1, 2015
This is the seventh leg in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe using just the energy of the Sun.