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SCIENCE
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As coral reefs around the world struggle to survive and global fish populations
suffer steep declines, an unlikely hero comes to the rescue: a Boeing 747. Stripped
and reduced to its bare aluminium wings and fuselage, a Jumbo jet might seem
like an unlikely savior for the oceans of the world. But, in twenty meters of water
just off the island nation of Bahrain, there’s a 747 that’s a living testament to the
restorative power of a well-placed Jumbo jet. This stunning, one-hour film is a
world exclusive, inside account of how a 200-ton aviation giant is transformed,

first into a winged submarine, and then into a unique platform that can propel
environmental healing and underwater conservation. Featuring a dramatic Definition Episodes
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combination of edge-of-your-seat storytelling, big engineering and Producer YOP
eye-popping science and natural history, ‘A Plane to Save the Oceans’ is the Chanupa Media 2020
unique, blue-chip account of an experiment that’s proved so successful, that it’s
about to be repeated.