Boeing 767 Sets Sail Across the Irish Sea

A decommissioned Boeing 767 has just set sail on a barge across the Irish sea where it will be incorporated into a new resort owned by Irish entrepreneur David McGowan. The plane stretched a total of 159 feet, it was loaded onto a barge on May 7th from Ireland's Shannon airport. It takes a special kind of resort to use a Boeing 767 as a welcome structure, and the theme around this new "glamping" resort will be "glamor camping." The creator claims that guests will be able to stay in various forms of transportation, like taxis, jets, and busses according to UPI. The video below will give you an interesting look into the unique journey that this 767 took.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQzE0fx5Z5A

Airport officials say they never expected to see a Boeing 767 set sail on a barge, but they were happy to provide the resort with the plane. A line was placed around the barge which allowed crews to pull it slowly by tug boat, or in case it was necessary, pull it by a truck on land. The property manager for Shannon Airport, Deirdre Whitney, had the following to say about the event to Sky News:

[Image Source: Shannon Airport]

While using a decommissioned plane as a building may seem a little too weird for you, it is by far a better fate than if it were to sit in a plane graveyard rusting way. Would you ever consider living inside a Boeing 767?

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