BRASILIA – Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft ... to sink the Sao Paulo at high sea. The company’s legal representative in Brazil, Zilan Costa e Silva, said that disposal of the carrier ...

Environmental activists had sought to halt the planned scuttling of the warship, warning that it could pollute the marine food chain Brazil has sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier despite ...

Brazil has sunk a decommissioned aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean despite concerns expressed by environmental groups that the ageing warship was packed with toxic materials. The “planned and ...

Brazilian news outlet Folha de S.Paulo reported on January 28 that Brazil's navy planned to scuttle the hull of the now decommissioned aircraft carrier Sao ... recycling of old ships, becoming ...

BRASILIA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A decommissioned 1960's aircraft ... allowed to dock at Brazilian ports. Despite a request by Environment Minister Marina Silva not to sink the carrier, the Navy ...

The Brazilian Navy said on Wednesday that it will sink a decommissioned aircraft carrier that has been floating offshore for three months since Turkey refused it entry to be scrapped there.

Brazil on Friday sank ... officials said they would sink the vessel in the "safest area," environmentalists criticized the decision, saying the aircraft carrier contains tons of asbestos, heavy ...

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo is seen in this handout picture, June 7, 2011. Brazilian Navy/Handout via REUTERS SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico (Reuters) - Rows of sleek new ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft ... carrier at a Brazilian shipyard, but after an inspection showed it to be taking on water and was at risk of sinking, the Navy banned the ...