Airlines are trying to slow planes down, but just by a little bit. It's a new technique being adopted by some major carriers to save money on fuel.

This video shows a big Boeing fuel tanker doing an incredibly low pass in front of some cheering troops.

7/16/08 - 12 years ago TWA flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island, NY. Today the FAA issued new rules to address fuel tank explosions that will take 10 more years to implement. Critics are not impressed.

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A commercial airliner powered partly by biofuel has completed its first flight, billed as heralding a new eco-friendlier era of air travel. The Boeing 747 operated by Virgin Atlantic flew from London to Amsterdam with one of its four engines using fuel derived from plant-based oils. Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson hailed the demonstration flight as a breakthrough for the airline industry and proof that there were viable alternatives to traditional jet fuel. The flight will "enable those of us who are serious about reducing our carbon emissions to go on developing the fuels of the future, fuels which will power our aircraft in the years ahead through sustainable next-generation oils, such as algae," he said in a statement. The fuel used in the flight was a mixture of oils from coconuts and from the babassu nut, which grows in rainforests.