Qatar makes world's first commercial passenger flight on natural gas power

A Qatar Airways aircraft has tonight completed the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by a fuel made from natural gas. The historic journey from London Gatwick to Doha took just over six hours and was operated with an Airbus A340-600 aircraft using Rolls-Royce Trent 556 engines. Shell...

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