Underwater footage of the aircraft shows divers swimming through the gutted body of the plane and peering into the cockpit at the seats, pedals and controls that have been left in place.
The plane has a 30m wingspan and, sitting upright on its landing gear, stands 7m tall.
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Clidive win Heinke Trophy - Published in NEWS BSAC’s coveted Heinke Trophy has been won by Clidive, a London-based dive club. - 28/7/10
Military divers tag sharks - Published in NEWS Military divers have tagged 15 sharks off the island of Cocos in Costa Rica. - 27/7/10
Divers find bubbly in wreck - Published in NEWS Divers have found bottles of 200-year-old champagne in a wreck in the Baltic Sea. The bottles are believed to date from 1780s and were probably a cargo en route to Russia.
- 22/7/10
Interactive map of UK seas - Published in NEWS The Marine Conservation Zone Project has launched an interactive online map showing where marine species have been spotted and where different underwater habitats are located around the UK coast. - 30/6/10
IANTD UK under new ownership - Published in NEWS The UK franchise of technical diver training agency IANTD has been bought by Martin and Amy Stanton, who own inland dive site Vobster Quay. - 17/6/10
Save the date: Dive Fest 2011 - Published in NEWS The date for next year’s Dive Fest in Cornwall has been set for 29 April-2 May – put it in your diary now. - 15/6/10
Kingfisher Diver Pro watch - Published in KIT For all the huge choice in dive watches, they pretty much fall into three camps: the cheapie Christmas cracker jobs, the mid-range models, and the top end, which can be anything from £700 to £70,000. - 9/7/10
Seac sub Propulsion 4x4 fins - Published in KIT The Propulsion fin was designed in collaboration with the Italian Special Forces and has a blade manufactured out of a secret techno polymer and shoe material made from a thermoplastic rubber. - 9/7/10
Aqua Angel pony clamp - Published in KIT In the December 2007 issue of DIVE, we reported on a new pony clamp system manufactured by Hexham Developments. - 9/7/10
Seapro SP7 video housing - Published in KIT As video-editing software becomes easier to use and cheaper to buy, more divers are looking to take their camcorders underwater, and the Seapro range of housings offers a simple but effective design that can house most makes of camera. - 9/7/10
Intova Luxeon torch - Published in KIT Buying a cheap plastic backup or spotting torch is a false economy, as they simply don’t go the distance. - 9/7/10
Kapitol Reef and TUSA Hyperdry max - Published in KIT Interest in snorkelling continues to grow, which is reflected in the number of people joining BSAC snorkelling branches, many of who go on to diver training. - 9/7/10
Water Column: Giant appetite - Published in GO DIVING Little enough is known about sperm whales, but as Douglas Seifert found on an expedition to the Ogasawara Islands, even less is known about some of the creatures they feed on - 9/7/10
Sunshine on a rainy day - Published in GO DIVING With an advancing weather
front threatening to put paid to
her stay at the Farne Islands,
Jane Morgan tries one last
dive and strikes it lucky - 9/7/10
Water Column: Eel appeal - Published in GO DIVING Every diver relishes a decent moray eel sighting, but there’s more to these
predators than meets the eye. Douglas Seifert investigates the secret world of the
moray and the timeless appeal it holds for coral reef divers - 9/7/10
Scapa’s forbidden wreck – The Royal Oak - Published in GO DIVING To mark the anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak, a team of Navy divers visited the wreck to honour the dead and raise an ensign. Photographer Simon Brown was given a unique opportunity to document the ceremony - 9/7/10
Chambers of delight - Published in GO DIVING The coral caverns of southern Egypt offer a glimpse of the world that has seduced many a cave diver. Words and photographs by Simon Rogerson - 13/1/10
Water Column: Dance of the mantas - Published in GO DIVING Baa Atoll in the Maldives is the setting for a seasonal spectacle unlike any other witnessed at any other location in the world. Douglas David Seifert reports on the world’s
greatest manta ray aggregation - 12/1/10
PhotoPro: Ring of light - Published in SKILLS Winter weather doesn’t mean the end of photo thinking.
Alex Mustard explains how to build a ring-flash for a tenner - 9/7/10
Surf’s up! - Published in SKILLS Following a decision to launch the club dive boat into heavy swell, sport diver Anne Shaw regretted not speaking her mind - 9/7/10
PhotoPro: Inland and off camera - Published in SKILLS Alex Mustard exploits the reliable conditions of
Capernwray to light a Volkswagen from the inside - 9/7/10
Road to nowhere - Published in SKILLS ‘You can’t get lost,’ the dive guide said to Simon Benjamin and his buddies as they prepared to dive St John’s Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. He spoke too soon - 9/7/10
PhotoPro: British Seahorses - Published in SKILLS Alex Mustard gets to grips with the laws protecting seahorses in UK waters and their implications for the underwater photographer - 9/7/10
PhotoPro: How to win underwater photo competitions - Published in SKILLS With the deadline for the British Underwater Image Festival
(BUIF) approaching, judge Alex Mustard offers his top ten tips
for succeeding in underwater photography competitions - 1/3/10
