07 aug 2011
"Fantastic" was pilot Francisco Fernandez Sarda's description of the flight from Mexico City to Madrid's Barajas International Airport.
The plane made the journey on a mix of 55 tonnes of conventional aviation fuel and 20 tonnes of fuel made from the plant jatropha curcas.
Passengers were "very happy" to be part of the historic flight, the pilot said, adding, "all the necessary tests were done and we knew that everything was going to go well".
Aeromexico plans to start using the less-polluting jatropha mix on weekly flights between Mexico and Costa Rica, Fernandez Sarda said.
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The plane made the journey on a mix of 55 tonnes of conventional aviation fuel and 20 tonnes of fuel made from the plant jatropha curcas.
Passengers were "very happy" to be part of the historic flight, the pilot said, adding, "all the necessary tests were done and we knew that everything was going to go well".
Aeromexico plans to start using the less-polluting jatropha mix on weekly flights between Mexico and Costa Rica, Fernandez Sarda said.
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