Yahoo Autos India is Turning an Aircraft Carrier Into a Hotel
What do you do with a decommissioned aircraft carrier? In America we generally scrap them, turn them into museums, or send them to the sea bottom where they'll become skeletons for coral reefs. But India sees potential tourism gold in its soon-to-be-retired aircraft carrier.
The INS Viraat is the world's oldest operational aircraft carrier, a ship the Indians purchased from Great Britain, who deployed it during the Falklands War in the 1980s. After a nearly 60-year operational life, Viraat is currently making its last cruise as a part of the Indian Navy. It's bound for Mumbai where it will be decommissioned in June. Once out of service, the carrier set to be developed into an adventure tourism center, according to The Times of India.
