Published on : Wednesday, June 12, 2019
The airplane will be plunged 30 meters deep in the sea about one-sea mile off the İbrice Harbor.
The 90-ton airplane was brought to the İbrice Harbour of the Keşan district in the north-western province of Edirne via six trucks after dismantling it in the Mediterranean province of Antalya in March.
“Our plane will meet with the sea on June 14. This is a very good opportunity for us. This will be the biggest airplane to be sunk so far [in the world]. Its dimensions are enormous. It has a size of the approximately 60-meter-long body and 60-meter-wide wings,” said one of the divers, who will be involved in the sinking process.
“It will not probably be possible to have a visit of the plane without doing two dives. We are very excited,” said Serdar Savaşal.
Savaşal said that many foreign and local tourists will come to the area with the addition of this Airbus A330 to diving tourism. “I believe that thanks to this diving tourism, many divers especially from Greece and Bulgaria will come here…There is no other plane [that has been sunk] that is bigger in the world other than this. I think only this is even enough to draw attention,” he said.
According to the professional diver, Turkey would benefit from the increase in the number of such projects. “I hope that this project does not end with this plane. Additions can be made to this project. Vehicles, such as tanks used in the Gallipoli Campaign [during the World War I], can be sunk and this way memories [from the war] can be animated” he said.
The world’s first underwater history museum was established in the waters of Saros Bay as part of a project launched in 2010.
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