Ua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻo Airline Airlines mokulele SpiceJet i ka mokulele mua o India i mana ʻia e ka wahie biojet. ʻO ka lele ʻana mai Dehradun a i ke kapikala o ka lāhui i aneane he 45 mau minuke, a ua hoʻohana ʻia a ʻO Bombardier Q400 mokulele.
Ma kahi o 20 mau kānaka, me nā luna o ka mokulele mokulele DGCA a me SpiceJet, i komo i ka lele hoʻāʻo.
Wahi a ka hui, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka lele e kahi kāwili ʻia o 75-pakeneka air turbine fuel (ATF) a me 25-pākēneka wahie biojet. Hana ʻia mai ka hua Jatropha, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka wahie e ka India Institute of Petroleum (IIP).
Ua wehewehe ʻo SpiceJet ʻo ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie biojet ma kahi o ka wahie turbine fuel (ATF) ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻemi ai i nā hoʻoiho ʻana o ke kalapona a hoʻonui i ka pono o ka wahie.
Ua kāhea ka luna o ka mokulele a me ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Ajay Singh i ka lele ʻana i kahi hanana "mōʻaukala," e kuhikuhi ana i ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa o ka wahie biojet a hoʻemi nui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ke kalapona.
"Loaʻa iā ia ka mea hiki ke hōʻemi i kā mākou kaukaʻi ʻana i ka wahie mokulele kuʻuna e hiki i ka 50 pakeneka ma kēlā me kēia lele a lawe i nā uku."
Wahi a ka IATA kino nui o nā mokulele honua, ʻoihana ʻoihana mokulele no ʻelua pākēneka o ka nui o nā kinoea hoʻomehana honua. Ua hoʻonohonoho ia i kahi māka no hoʻokahi piliona mau ohua e lele i nā mokulele me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi hui o ka ikehu maʻemaʻe a me nā wahie fossil e 2025.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- According to the company, the flight was powered by a blend of 75-percent air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25-percent biojet fuel.
- "Loaʻa iā ia ka mea hiki ke hōʻemi i kā mākou kaukaʻi ʻana i ka wahie mokulele kuʻuna e hiki i ka 50 pakeneka ma kēlā me kēia lele a lawe i nā uku."
- Ua wehewehe ʻo SpiceJet ʻo ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie biojet ma kahi o ka wahie turbine fuel (ATF) ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻemi ai i nā hoʻoiho ʻana o ke kalapona a hoʻonui i ka pono o ka wahie.
