Briefs | First passenger flight with cooking oil lands successfully

Hainan Airlines announced it finished China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel on Saturday, a milestone for the country’s commercial aviation industry. The flight, which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Boeing 737, used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China. The airplane’s two engines were powered by the fuel blended of approximately half biofuel and half traditional jet fuel, the company said. “We are honored to see our flight with safe and effective biofuel,” said Pu Ming, vice president of Hainan Airlines, also the flight’s pilot. Boeing has been collaborating with Chinese airlines to develop aviation biofuel industry. In 2011, Air China conducted China’s first test flight with aviation biofuel in a Boeing 747.

Ex-police chief detained in death of woman

A retired senior police chief in China’s northern region of Inner Mongolia has been detained in the shooting death of a woman, the official Xinhua News Agency said yesterday. Zhao Liping, who once presided over police affairs for Inner Mongolia, was detained on a charge of intentional homicide, and the case was under further investigation, Xinhua said. Prosecutors were yet to file any charge against the 63-year-old Zhao, who served as the region’s top police officer from 2005 to 2012, and was a vice chairman for the region’s political consultative conference before retirement. Caixin, a publication known for investigative reporting, said the victim is believed to be a 28-year-old female who was shot to death Friday in the city of Chifeng. Caixin says Zhao was intercepted by police while on the run. It said Zhao had disposed of the body, which was later recovered in a village in Chifeng. No motive was reported by either Xinhua or Caixin.