Airplanes


Did you know that there are more than 150 planes are thought to lie at the bed of the ocean, 130-feet underwater? Well, now you know. Though, these days planes crash into the ocean very, very rarely, there are still some famous ones to be seen!


BOEING 737, CHEMAINUS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

BOEING 737 was intentionlly sank. In January 2006, this large commercial plane became North America’s first artificial airplane wreck, sunk by the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC). The aircraft was originally part of the Canadian Airlines fleet and was decommissioned by Air Canada due to age and structural problems. No longer airworthy, the aircraft was stripped of all usable components and the airframe donated. Now it lies 100 feet underwater.



CORSAIR PLANE, OAHU, HAWAII

The Corsair Plane Wreck is the crash site of a WWII aircraft that plunged into the Pacific Hawaiian waters in 1948. Though, it was during the war, it was not because of the war. The pilot of the aircraft executed an exemplary emergency water landing after the Corsair’s engine started to sputter mid-flight.He was eventually rescued nearby, unharmed in his life-jacket. The crash didn't damage the plane but thanks to its weight and gravity, it still ended up at the bottom of the ocean with the wheels up.



Airbus A300, KUŞADASI, TURKEY

The Turkish government intentionally sank the Airbus A300 on June 4th, 2016. The Airbus A300 has flown thousands of flights been since it first took off on March 14, 1980. After nearly 20 years in service to Greek Olympic Airways the plane started to have a downfall. The companies stop the producation and it was said to be too big. However it was given a new life. All dangerous parts, obstacles in the interior as well as glass and sharp edged parts were professionally removed before it was ready for the final flight to the seabed. Approximately 75 feet under water, it's the worlds largest dive-able plane wreck. It is measured to be a staggering 177 feet (54 m) long, and boasts an equally impressive wingspan of 144 feet (44 m).



Air france flight 447 (airbus A330)

Air France Flight 447 (AF447 or AFR447 ) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. It had disappeared in a radar dead zone over the mid-Atlantic. The Airbus A330 with 228 people on board had vanished into the night without a distress call, leaving behind little to explain its sudden and dramatic end. It was later found in May 2011, and in the BEA's final report, released at a news conference on 5 July 2012, concluded that the aircraft suffered temporary inconsistencies between the airspeed measurements—likely resulting from ice crystals obstructing the aircraft's pitot tubes—which caused the autopilot to disconnect, after which the crew reacted incorrectly and ultimately caused the aircraft to enter an aerodynamic stall, from which it did not recover. Crashing into the Atlantic Ocean it had killed all the passenger on board.