Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo might be sunk off the coast of Brazil despite protests from the country’s Minister for Environment, Folha de São Paulo newspaper has reported.
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The former warship, now under tow 20 nautical miles from the Port of Suape, in Pernambuco, was found to be in poor condition by a team of technical experts on Jan. 13. The inspection found a new breach in the vessel, an increase in the flooding level, and corrosion compared to the inspection conducted four months earlier.
The navy now intends to send the vessel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by using explosives to open breaches in the ship. This has raised environmental concerns as the former aircraft carrier still have tons of asbestos materials on board.
The aircraft carrier was sold by the Navy to the Turkish shipyard Sök Denizcilik and Ticaret Limited and left Brazil in August last year to be broken up in Turkey. But the ship was turned around in late August after the Turkish government revoked permission for the ship to enter. Since September, with the return of the aircraft carrier, various ports along the Brazilian coast have obtained judicial decisions to prevent the hull from anchoring in their vicinity.
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THE Sao Palo is the BRAZILIAN NAVYS RESPONSIBLITY . BLOW IT UP RAM IT TORPEDO NUKE IT- ITS THEIRS….THERES NO FISSUNABLE M ATERIAL
USMC would snap it up for Harriers and F-35Bs to replace the Navy’s ship destroyed in a fire while being renovated.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring element. If the vessel were to be sunk far offshore and in very deep water, the ‘environmental’ wouldn’t even notice. Sink it!