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Plane wreckage off of Great Dog #69561
09/28/2015 07:05 PM
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Uncommon Caribbean has a short article about the plane wreckage that sits on the south side of Great Dog:

http://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/2015/09/28/uncommon-attraction-great-dog-island-airplane-wreck-bvi/

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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: tradewinds] #69562
09/29/2015 10:17 PM
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We put that there , along with the Dive Operators, after it was used for a movie shoot on the north side of Tortola. Glad to hear it is still being enjoyed as a dive

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: husky] #69563
10/01/2015 02:43 PM
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A great dive and a great area. If you haven't seen garden eels in action, this area is the place to go.

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: sailbynight] #69564
10/01/2015 04:11 PM
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There's a toilet in it and you can have your pic taken sitting on it <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: tradewinds] #69565
10/01/2015 05:27 PM
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Umm - Tradewinds, have you ever actually dived that site?


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Zanshin] #69566
10/01/2015 06:33 PM
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I've dived wrecks that included a toilet, but I don't remember the sunken airplane being one of them... People get photographed on the pilot's seat, perhaps you're thinking of that.


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: MrEZgoin] #69567
10/02/2015 02:45 AM
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I've done several dives on that plane (Coral Gardens) and have a lot of pictures from both inside and outside with nary a loo in sight.


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Zanshin] #69568
10/02/2015 08:31 AM
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Yes I have, and you're right. I'm thinking of a different one.

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Zanshin] #69569
10/02/2015 08:31 AM
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3 of my friends were on that flight, 2 of them have since been back to the current wreck site via a dive operator and had their pics taken in their original assigned seats.

Certainly not the way one wants to end a sail vacation, but very glad it did not end the enjoyment of BVI sailing.

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Breeze] #69570
10/04/2015 08:19 PM
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How far and which direction from the mooring balls is the wreck??

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Capnmike] #69571
10/04/2015 08:22 PM
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The wreck is to the east of the mooring balls. How far is hard to say. Last time I was there it was a 10 minute swim east. Are the moorings still in the same place?


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: warren460] #69572
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It is fairly deep for a snorkel - a better dive site. There are better wrecks to dive IMHO. Usually a big Moray in the instrument panel....

Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: camelot] #69573
10/04/2015 10:38 PM
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Our last dive there had very poor visibility.


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: warren460] #69574
10/05/2015 02:16 AM
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From the moorings head generally east towards Spanish Town for perhaps 70-100m. Most of that trip is over rock and coral and once you hit sandy bottom you are quite close to the wreck.


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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: Breeze] #69575
10/25/2015 03:15 AM
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3 of my friends were on that flight, 2 of them have since been back to the current wreck site via a dive operator and had their pics taken in their original assigned seats.

Certainly not the way one wants to end a sail vacation, but very glad it did not end the enjoyment of BVI sailing.


the story that I was told by the locals and by a dive operation I did my dive master internship with, is that the plane that "crashed" was not the plane carrying passengers, yet was carrying the luggage behind another flight that was carrying the passengers. It essentially skidded off the end of the runway. The luggage recovered, no-one injured and then later moved to the site as a purpose sunk dive site. There are no seats in the interior of the plane.

I know that varies slightly from the story you tell and the story in the article, but are you sure they were on it and sat in their seats on a dive?

Last edited by raiderceb; 10/25/2015 03:18 AM.

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Re: Plane wreckage off of Great Dog [Re: raiderceb] #69576
10/25/2015 09:31 AM
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I'm almost positive that there was a "head" near that plane. It was in the sand a good distance from the wreck. This photo is from 2008.

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