{"id":55653,"date":"2015-07-14T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55653"},"modified":"2015-07-14T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T04:24:22","slug":"solar-plane-damaged-by-heat-wont-fly-again-before-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/14\/solar-plane-damaged-by-heat-wont-fly-again-before-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar plane damaged by heat, won\u2019t fly again before August"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55654\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andr\u00e9-Borschberg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55654\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andr\u00e9-Borschberg.png\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9 Borschberg (CEO, Co-founder and pilot)  in front of the media before boarding Solar Impulse 2 to attempt the first oceanic flight of the world journey. (Photo courtesy of Solar Impulse)\" width=\"609\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andr\u00e9-Borschberg.png 609w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Andr\u00e9-Borschberg-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andr\u00e9 Borschberg (CEO, Co-founder and pilot) in front of the media before boarding Solar Impulse 2 to attempt the first oceanic flight of the world journey. (Photo courtesy of Solar Impulse)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HONOLULU \u2013 A solar-powered plane has been grounded by damaged batteries for at least a few weeks after completing its record-breaking five-day journey from Japan to Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>The Solar Impulse 2\u2019s team says the batteries were over-insulated and became overheated on day one of the Japan-Hawaii leg. The team said Saturday that it monitored the situation throughout the flight but could not decrease the temperature.<\/p>\n<p>The plane won\u2019t fly before the beginning of August as the team works to replace and repair damaged parts.<\/p>\n<p>The plane landed in Hawaii on July 3 after completing a 118-hour voyage that broke the record for the world\u2019s longest nonstop solo flight.<\/p>\n<p>The Solar Impulse 2 is next headed to Phoenix as part of an around-the-world flight meant to highlight the importance of renewable energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU \u2013 A solar-powered plane has been grounded by damaged batteries for at least a few weeks after completing its &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-55653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-original","mauthors-the-associated-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}