AUCKLAND, Dec. 30 (Chinese media) -- 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.
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