Record-breaking Solar Impulse 2 grounded for 'several months'

AFP English 2015-07-15

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The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 will be grounded for months in Hawaii to carry out battery repairs, after completing nearly half of an unprecedented round-the-world flight, the project said Wednesday.
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