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The Reef
On
January 14th, 2006 a former Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 737-200 was
sunk in the waters off Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada. It was
fondly known to us as A/C 740 and when it was retired, it had been
flying for Canadian Airlines. The aircraft was purposely sunk by the
Artificial Reef Society of BC as an artificial reef for marine life and
divers to enjoy. .
These
photos are from several sources including R. Howes, retired Airport
Services who now resides Chemainus. !
May 24, 2010
Thanks to Ron Barker - here is a link to the newest video on the dive
site.
http://www.artificialreef.bc.ca/Media/videos.html
More
information on this B737 Reef project can be found here
http://dive.bc.ca/boeing-737/boeing-737_wreck.html
Update -
Underwater Survey of
A/C740 - 2008 (submitted by R. Barker)
The Life of a Jet Airliner
AC740 served its owners well. The following shots are all of the same
AC740. What we do need is the delivery picture when this airplane came
into service with Pacific Western.
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