Top 14 Incredible (& Valuable) Undersea Treasures Ever Found

3. A Boeing 747

Current Estimated Value: $418 million * Year of Disappearance: The year 2019 was found. In addition to shipwrecks, wreckage from planes can also occasionally be found on the ocean floor. What if we told you that the jet was deliberately sunk and that this wreckage was the result? You undoubtedly want to know why a jet this expensive would be handled in such a manner.

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Boeing 747 on Instagram and Paditv It seems that the purpose of the entire endeavor was to construct an underwater theme park that would boost diving tourism in the area and enable visitors to reconnect with Bahrain's diving tradition. This aircraft, which is situated at a depth of 65 feet and is the largest aircraft to be purposefully immersed in water, also serves as a place for marine and coral growth. There are more intentionally sunk wrecks in the park, which is currently accessible to divers.

4. Boeing 737-200, Air Canada

Estimated Current Value: $124 million* Disappeared Year: Year Found: 2006. Since the turn of the century, efforts to save marine life have drastically changed as more and more people rush to do so. Who would have thought to submerge a real plane into the water as an artificial reef, even with the urgency of the situation? Less than 30 of these Boeing 737-200s are now recognized as being in service, making them extremely rare aircraft. The last one was delivered in 1988.

Boeing 737-200 Air Canada (blog.padi.com) Notwithstanding the aircraft's rarity, the Air Canada Boeing 737 was intentionally sunk in 2006 as a vessel intended to act as an artificial reef, following extensive preparation and sterilization. Currently home to more than a hundred different types of marine life, the airplane remnants are submerged 60 feet below the surface of the water. Who would have guessed that even an airplane could have two lives?