Communist dictator's plane becomes reef

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The airplane of former Bulgarian Communist submerged in the Black Sea.

26 May,2011 08:10 pm

The airplane of former Bulgarian Communist ruler Zhivkov was submerged in the Black Sea waters near the city of Varna to attract scuba divers and tourists to the sunny coasts of northeastern Bulgaria.The machine was placed at about 22 meters deep in the bay of Varna and 700 meters from the coast to form an artificial reef. The Soviet-made Tupolev-154 was grounded in 1999 but once flew with famous passengers such as former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Tupolev-154 was the biggest plane to be placed under water in the world and has considered applying to have it recorded by Guinness world records.Airplane is expected to boost fish population and make it attractive to divers, especially for the ones with a nostalgic touch for the totalitarian era. Zhivkov ruled Bulgaria for 35 years until the fall of communist regime in 1989.