Air New Zealand reschedules biofuel test flight for Dec. 30
Just an update: The Air New Zealand two-hour test flight that will involve the use of Jatropha-based biofuel in a Boeing 747-400′s Rolls-Royce engine will now take place on Dec. 30.
The flight, initially scheduled for Dec. 3, was understandably cancelled after another unrelated test flight in November (not involving biofuels) resulted in the crash of an Airbus A320. Seven people died.
For background on this biofuel test flight, check this post.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
December 19th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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