03:11Passenger plane submerged to serve as artificial diving site in Aqaba
A genuine former passenger plane was deliberately sunk at a sea bottom near the Jordanian resort of Aqaba on Monday, which will be used to create an artificial diving site as part of the authorities' eco tourism plan for the area.
"Today, this work will result in the sinking of the aircraft in order to give a new and successful experience to divers in Aqaba and bring divers from all over the world, in addition to this aircraft will be a marine dock and development of the marine environment for the growth of coral and all kinds of fish in the Gulf of Aqaba," said Nayef Al-Bakhit, Chairman of Aqaba Special Economic Authority.
In July, armed forces and local government had spent seven days sinking the decommissioned vehicles including a combat helicopter, tanks, a personnel carrier, anti-aircraft guns and an ambulance.
They were submerged at depths of nearly 30 metres to create the site integrated with the existing coral reef. The Underwater Military Museum Dive Site is now open to divers for, as the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority said, 'new type' of museum experience.
03:11A genuine former passenger plane was deliberately sunk at a sea bottom near the Jordanian resort of Aqaba on Monday, which will be used to create an artificial diving site as part of the authorities' eco tourism plan for the area.
"Today, this work will result in the sinking of the aircraft in order to give a new and successful experience to divers in Aqaba and bring divers from all over the world, in addition to this aircraft will be a marine dock and development of the marine environment for the growth of coral and all kinds of fish in the Gulf of Aqaba," said Nayef Al-Bakhit, Chairman of Aqaba Special Economic Authority.
In July, armed forces and local government had spent seven days sinking the decommissioned vehicles including a combat helicopter, tanks, a personnel carrier, anti-aircraft guns and an ambulance.
They were submerged at depths of nearly 30 metres to create the site integrated with the existing coral reef. The Underwater Military Museum Dive Site is now open to divers for, as the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority said, 'new type' of museum experience.