Virgin Atlantic Completes First Commercial Flight on Recycled Waste Gas

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By Lorraine ChowOct 4, 2018, 8:55 am69 pts
Virgin Atlantic has successfully flown and landed a commercial flight using aviation fuel partly made of waste carbon gas from a steel mill. The Boeing 747 took off from Orlando, Florida and landed in London's Gatwick airport on Wednesday morning. Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson, who marshaled in the…

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