The decision to scuttle the six-decade-old aircraft carrier “Sao Paulo” came after Brazilian authorities ... Though defence officials said they would sink the vessel in the “safest area ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil sank a decommissioned aircraft ... sink the Sao Paulo at high sea. The company's legal representative in Brazil, Zilan Costa e Silva, said that disposal of the carrier ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Federal Court in Pernambuco, northeast of Brazil ... scrap from the old carrier, originally from France. Sold for dismantling to a Turkish company, the hull of the former aircraft carrier ...

Brazil was a mentor to China's fledgling carrier program—in 2009, Brazil agreed to train Chinese navy officers on the São Paulo. Brazil has decided to permanently sideline its sole aircraft ...

An aircraft carrier that was once a formidable ... is critically damaged, and the Brazilian government has “no alternative” but to sink it, according to a Feb. 1 statement from the navy.

The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...

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 ...