'Major moment': 19-seat plane partially powered by hydrogen fuel cells takes to the skies

Cecilia Keating
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The Dornier 228 was converted to run partly on hydrogen fuel cells | Credit: ZeroAvia
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The Dornier 228 was converted to run partly on hydrogen fuel cells | Credit: ZeroAvia

ZeroAvia boss hails achievement as proof that 'true zero emission commercial flight is only years away'

A 19-seat hydrogen-powered plane took to skies above Gloucestershire yesterday afternoon, in what has been dubbed a "giant step forward" for the decarbonisation of flight. The flight may have only lasted...

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