When it comes to scuba diving, it goes without saying that one way to create an adventure that attracts divers to natural parks is to create artificial reefs using old vehicles such as ships and aircraft.
For years, it has been claimed that a retired jumbo jet, a Boeing 747, was turned into an artificial reef at an offshore diving park in Bahrain, and there are also reports online that the 747 began its life as a passenger aircraft. Malaysia Airlines skies claimed.
Is this true?
verdict:
truth
Yes, this is actually true. A Boeing 747 underwater at Dive Bahrain Nature Park near the city of Diyar Al Muharraq near Bahrain International Airport. According to aviation news website Simple Flying, the 747’s original owner was actually Malaysia Airlines.
This data is confirmed by information from the aviation database website airfleets.net, which shows that Malaysia Airlines operated the 747 under the registration 9M-MHJ from April 1982 until archived in March 2005. says.
It was then US registered as N361FC in August 2005 and owned and operated by Focus Air Cargo until March 2008 when it was stored at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California.
The aircraft then received an Icelandic TF-AAA registration when it entered service with Icelandair Atlanta, and was finally placed into permanent storage in 2013 before being scrapped and sunk off the coast of Bahrain in 2019.
Yes, those who reach Dive Bahrain will be able to swim inside a Boeing 747 that once took to the skies as part of Malaysia Airlines’ fleet in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.
source of information
https://www.airfleets.net/
https://simpleflying.com/
https://www.newsofbahrain.com/
https://worldairlinenews.com/
https://airwaysmag.com/scuba-