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Dive Lockheed L-1011 TriStar & Hercules C130 Wrecks, Red Sea, Jordan
The abandoned Lockheed Martin L1011 Tristar airplane was sunk in 2019 to create an artificial reef to encourage marine life. It's near an old Hercules C130 which was sunken November 2017.
The Lockheed TriStar L-1011 is a wide-body passenger aircraft which was abandoned at King Hussein airport following a few unsuccessful business arrangements. After some time, ASEZA managed to organize it's scuttling near the old phosphate transport port. Around twenty of the world’s renowned underwater photographers and videographers gathered to witness the occasion.
Lockheed was prepared and positioned for scuttling at the location of King Abdullah Reef. After the ceremony, air was slowly removed from the balloons and the plane started its slow, controlled descent. After 20 minutes, only the tail and part of the pilot’s cabin were above water. It landed on the sea bottom, leaving the last bubbles of air behind it.
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