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08:56, December 30, 2008 |
The world's first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel took place in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Tuesday.
The two-hour test flight took off from Auckland airport at 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday (2230 GMT), with the jatropha biofuel blend powering one of the Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400's Rolls-Royce RB211 engines.
Source:Xinhua
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