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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil-fuel-free transatlantic crossing from London to NY

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The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero."

The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable aviation fuel made up largely of tallow and other waste fats.

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