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Port of Seattle announces partnership for sustainable aviation fuels at Sea-Tac Airport; 10% minimum by 2028, 50% by 2050

Green Car Congress

An industry leader in the use of sustainable aviation biofuel, since 2011 Alaska Airlines has flown nearly 80 flights using sustainable aviation biofuel made of used cooking oil, forest residuals and non-edible, sustainable corn. The Port also worked with Carbon War Room and SkyNRG on a report analyzing supply chain financing options.

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Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation

Baua Electric

Officials investigating why a panel on a Boeing 737 Max 9 blew open during an Alaska Airlines flight last week say they are struggling to piece together exactly what happened because the plane’s cockpit voice recorder overwrote itself before it could be retrieved. This is not a new problem. Homendy said. “So That did not happen in this case.

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