Photo: Utah Valley University students’ tests of their prototype electric-powered, autonomous vehicle during a demo at Provo Airport in Provo on Friday, April 12, 2024. The tug will reduce emissions while performing the task of moving airplanes at busy airports. Credit: Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News.
There are many steps that take place before your plane is ready to take off.
Before even boarding the plane, it first needs to be taxied by airport staff to the gate — a method that involves running the jet engines.
“They put out a lot of pollutants,” Brett Stone, a Utah Valley University mechanical engineering professor, told Deseret News. “And the real problem there, too, is that they’re putting a lot of pollutants right next to the tarmac workers who are there breathing that in constantly.”
There are many steps that take place before your plane is ready to take off.
Before even boarding the plane, it first needs to be taxied by airport staff to the gate — a method that involves running the jet engines.
“They put out a lot of pollutants,” Brett Stone, a Utah Valley University mechanical engineering professor, told Deseret News. “And the real problem there, too, is that they’re putting a lot of pollutants right next to the tarmac workers who are there breathing that in constantly.”
