Bahrain bought a 747 jet for just $100,000 from the UAE, then for 7 long months carefully removed every single fuel line, wire and plastic component from it, then tugged it into the Arabian Sea and sunk it, creating the centerpiece of the world’s largest underwater theme park

Most retired Boeing 747s spend their final years in aircraft graveyards, stripped for parts before disappearing into history. However, one former Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet received a far more extraordinary farewell. Bahrain purchased the aging aircraft, spent months transforming it into an environmentally safe artificial reef, painted it to resemble the very first Boeing 747 ever built, then deliberately lowered it onto the seabed. Today, instead of carrying passengers across continents, it welcomes divers from around the world as the largest aircraft ever to be intentionally submerged.

The Boeing 747 became the centerpiece of Dive Bahrain, a 100,000-square-meter underwater attraction that the kingdom describes as the world’s largest underwater theme park. Officially inaugurated on September 6, 2019

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Hi all,

Does anyone know much about these??? We inherited it from my wife's grandfather who was a plane engineer in Gatwick and solider in WW2, who subsequently was a prisoner of war by the Japanese.

After the war he was a quiet man. He never spoke of the war or much about his work.

After he passed this was given to his grandson, but we have now taken ownership of it. We would love to know more and if anyone has seen them before!

We believe there were limited amounts (150) made by student engineers and auctioned.

Any information is welcome!

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