A 230-seat jetfoil still ferries passengers to a Japanese island

A Boeing 929 Jetfoil has been photographed arriving at Nishinoomote Port, on the Kagoshima–Yakushima route in Japan. The 230-seat craft is a hydrofoil ferry built on the aircraft maker's engineering. It rides above the waves on foils rather than ploughing through them. In an age of ever-newer transport, it is a small surprise that a Boeing-designed boat is still doing the daily work of carrying islanders and visitors across the water.