In 2017, Jordan sank a retired 30-metre C-130 Hercules off Aqaba to create an artificial reef; the aircraft now rests about 16 metres underwater and attracts coral, fish and other marine life
- A retired military aircraft has found an unusual second life beneath the Red Sea after Jordan deliberately sank it off Aqaba in 2017 to create an artificial reef.
- The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a roughly 30-metre-long military transport aircraft, was placed underwater on November 16, 2017, about 300 metres from the Aqaba shoreline.
- It now rests on the seabed at roughly 16–17 metres and has become an unusual attraction for divers while providing a new structure for marine life, according to a report by Aqaba Dive Academy.
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- A retired military aircraft has found an unusual second life beneath the Red Sea after Jordan deliberately sank it off Aqaba in 2017 to create an artificial reef.
- The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a roughly 30-metre-long military transport aircraft, was placed underwater on November 16, 2017, about 300 metres from the Aqaba shoreline.
- It now rests on the seabed at roughly 16–17 metres and has become an unusual attraction for divers while providing a new structure for marine life, according to a report by Aqaba Dive Academy.
Sources: Times of India