Complex sentence: As soon as weather permitted, "Italia" took off for Kings Bay at 20:34 on 5 May, and by 05:30 had passed the meteorological station on Bear Island, but ran into high winds shortly after, also suffering an engine failure.
Split into simpler sentences: As soon as weather permitted, Italia took off for Kings Bay at 20:34 on 5 May. By 05:30 Italia passed the meteorological station on Bear Island, but ran into high winds shortly after, also suffering an engine failure.