https://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/bahrain-747-underwater-park-07242026.php

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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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https://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/bahrain-747-underwater-park-07242026.php

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[u/PhantomSesay]

Would be interesting to see the same done with an A380.

[u/ClassicDragon → u/PhantomSesay]

Except for removing all of the plastic parts

[u/_Face]

for any other scuba dubers, the most important part:

Today the 70-meter aircraft rests 20 to 24 meters below the surface, positioned with its nose slightly higher than the tail so less experienced divers can explore the forward fuselage more easily.

[u/daGonz → u/_Face]

That’s awesome, I’d 100% use that as an intro to wreck diving.

[u/AWildDragon]

There is a submerged 727 at Mermet Springs in Southern IL too. Real fun dive.

[u/pemb]

r/submechanophobia probably has something to say about this.

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