Why does this not have more views? As someone in the Aviation industry, this is one of the most wonderful examples of an entire airframe and interior components in tact just a few months after sinking. Us airplane lovers have probably never seen anything comparable to this.
@@harsha63663 I was in Aqaba on October 1,2021. Never seen any information on this, I took the night ferry from Neweiba Egypt to Aqaba. The logistics of getting 1 ticket was a nightmare, ferry was completely sold-out each day.
I worked on the L1011 for TWA for many years as avionics, and just recently rewired a 1011 cockpit trainer. This is so cool! Very well done, and very complete. Of course, I saw some hard to find components and instruments in the cockpit I'd have liked to have had, but oh well. To bad they didn't go into the downstairs galley, that would've been cool to see. It's been years since I've done any wreck diving or I would definitely do this one!
I flown on this aircraft registration nr Cs-TMP , my dear L1011, crossed the Atlantic with him from Canada..so many memories so many stories of this plane..This was Luzair L1011 one of the last of its kind flying , my beautiful plane
I took a night ferry from Neweiba Egypt to Aqaba Jordan on October 1, 2021. Never heard of it during my 8 months research. At the Aqaba port in early morning no signs of such thing. The Red Sea is so beautiful. Many divers go to Dahab ,Hurgada Egypt . They dive at night in Dahab
I'm so glad they decided to do something with it involving the public instead of scrapping it! Beautiful airplane, I'd gladly learn how to dive if it meant seeing it for myself.
@@ziepex7009 Dude, LMFAO! Its not just a metal airframe you see sitting there you nitwit. The interior has NOT been FULLY gutted here. @4:00 the lavatory wall-liners, @2:30 seats and cushions are fire retardant foam and nylon, @2:50 the over head liners is fire-retardant plastic, hell the video projector is even still there and it has plastic in it, with its chemical circuit boards, and transistors, plastic coated wires, etc. The cockpit and its instrument panel is still intact. with radios switches and seats. Those haven't been removed. Those gyro instruments have oil in them for lubrication of their spinning gyros. the plastic coted wiring would obviously still be there, the plastic tubing for the vacuum system would all still be behind that "intact" instrument panel. Most of that stuff you see in this video are Airplane interior panels and luggage compartments and cabin wall lining made of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, or ABS plastic. This plastic has a fire retardant impregnated in it, and is highly suitable for vacuum forming, so it can be manipulated into a wide variety of shapes. There is everything from vinyl, foams, nylon, rubber and epoxies still in that interior you see here. @Matacabrones wasn't talking about the WHOLE airplane. He said a couple of tons. Well, a couple of tons is only 4000lbs and there is EASILY 4000lbs or more worth of environmentally-nasty stuff still left in that interior.
Since you fail to tell the story of the plane, I am assuming it is an artificial reef seeing that the middle row seats and accessories like dishes and glasses were removed.
Though the outside of the plane seems slowly rusty. But the interiors are still soo preserved as if someone just submerged the plane inside the water a week ago
"The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) scuttled A Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in the waters of the Red Sea next to King Abdullah Reef dive site, and adjacent to Aqaba Container Terminal. The TriStar plane is a non-Jordanian commercial that has been out of service and parked at King Hussein International Airport for several years. ASEZA recently purchased it to sink it and was transferred to the main port in preparation for that purpose to join its military aircraft companion; Hercules C130 which was sunken November 2017. Today the C130 became a stop for diving enthusiasts and a home for the fish schools, corals and marine organisms. "
@@ianwalton284I don’t know where you got that info from but they are no where near as deadly as a cobra and most stings will most likely be more unpleasant than deadly.
Hm if I had access to this wreck probably half of these awesome cockpit panels and the yokes would already sit as souvenir on my shelf. (The other half as soon as the oxygen bottle is refilled.) Hard to resist going down there without a screwdriver huh? ;) The flight engineer panel is also an absolute joy to see - AWESOME! Especially in a true classic icon like the TriStar.
Fortunately, the wreck is safe from thieves like you if you want to dive there with oxygen ;). The plane rests at about 30 meters, so the oxygen would kill you before you reached that depth.
Well, Jordan has c.a. 10 miles coastline so, comparing to Egypt is nothing. In order to attract scuba divers the aircraft was purchased, cleaned (all hazardous materials have been removed) an sunk as an artificial reef. I heard, but I am not 100% sure, that it was an idea of Jordan king's son who is a divemaster. BTW there is another plane sunk nearby (C-130) as well as some military equipment - the underwater military museum.
CS-TMP Originally built in 1985 and was delivered to Royal Jordanian. It went through about 10 operators until its last in 2008 with Luzair when it was retired. It was then stored in Aqaba, Jordan where it sat until 2019 when it was then sunken into the Red Sea at King Abdullah Reef in August 2019.
4:26 Are you aware how valuable all that titanium is? It's extremely disappointing to see that the avionics and rear engine weren't removed prior to scuttling, all of which likely had serviceable hours remaining.
Secondhand radios are valuable, and intact engine cores are refurbished and used by the petrochemicals industry. Nearly an entire channel with ~600 videos is dedicated to refurbishing engines: ru-vid.com
I agree, they should have removed the engines and related parts. The cockpit however is most likely meant to be left intact, most of these instruments (Apart from the radio) would be only useful for collectors and there are plenty on the market.
It;s almost entirely aluminum alloy. As scrap a large airliner is only worth about $60k The relatively low bypass engines (compared to today's engines), make them poor choices for reuse. And most of the instruments that could be reused are probably close to end of life.
@@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor Because when after it was sunk as a artificial reef, it was known that divers would dive the wreck! The middle seats and what was considered anything dangerous was removed for that reason. Divers can safely go through the middle of the plane with no seat to get in their way.
Diving area An old civilian plane has been unloaded from harmful substances A transport plane for soldiers, a military plane, a ship, boats and yachts were drowned Tanks, tankers, artillery and rocket launchers were drowned in dozens All are emptied, the goal is to help the fish settle again and grow the reef and then bring in tourists
@@michelletaylor5691 Nice! I should have figured; any Tristar crash would probably be encrusted by now. I don't think there are many airworthy ones left.
Amazing ! ...all do I'm not happy with dumping stuff in the sea but in this case I can make an exception...and say that this is the most human way to properly recycle airframes which are not economically viable....think of it as an underwater museum .If sombody in the future will find this things on the ocean floor maybe he will think - THIS WAS THEIR'S FINNEST HOUR....
@@duongallen4094 why in the world will some one throw a plane into a underwater museum it makes no sense it pollutes the water its also near a reef as well
