‘Empty’ Transatlantic Flight Stirs Eco-Scandal

American Airlines is getting an earful from environmentalists about a recent Boeing 777 flight that used 22,000 gallons of fuel to fly 5 passengers from Chicago to London, according to the UK’s Telegraph.

The near empty flight reportedly occurred so that the plane would be on the right continent to accommodate passengers waiting to fly from London. Regardless of the reason, the flight has used a tremendous amount of resources. Something that Friends of the Earth called “an obscene waste of fuel” in today’s Telegraph.

Friends of the Earth is drawing attention to the incident as an example of why the aviation industry needs to be included in climate change policies.

Read the whole story at the Telegraph.