Nagoya Airport crew members gather around the Solar Impulse 2 as it lands Monday in Toyoyama, Japan. The solar plane attempting to fly around the world without a drop of fuel made an unscheduled stop late Monday in Nagoya because of bad weather. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg took off from Nanjing, China, on Sunday on what was to be the longest leg of the journey -- a six-day, 5,079-mile flight to Hawaii.
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