Brazil sinks decommissioned aircraft carrier despite environmental groups claiming the ship was packed with tonnes of asbestos, heavy metals and other toxic materials that could leach into water and pollute marine food chain
Controlled sinking occurred some 350 kilometres off Brazilian coast in Atlantic Ocean, in an area with an"approximate depth of 5,000 metres," says Navy. [File]
The "planned and controlled sinking occurred late in the afternoon" on Friday, some 350 kilometres off the Brazilian coast in the Atlantic Ocean, in an area with an "approximate depth of 5,000 metres," Brazilian Navy said in a statement. Ahead of its sinking, environmentalists said the aircraft carrier contains tonnes of asbestos, heavy metals and other toxic materials that could leach into the water and pollute the marine food chain.
Built in the late 1950s in France, whose navy sailed it for 37 years as the Foch, the aircraft carrier earned a place in 20th-century naval history.
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