Bristol Blenheim Bomber

In December 1941 a Bristol Blenheim of the RAF's Malta-based strike force, damaged during an attack on Axis shipping, was ditched into the sea off Malta's southeast corner; accounts record the crew getting out before she went down. Eighty years later the aircraft rests level on pale sand at 42 m, engines and wing structure remarkably coherent, propeller hubs and cockpit frame recognizable, the rear fuselage folded where the sea took it. Aircraft wrecks are rare, intact ones rarer, and the short no-stop window at this depth gives the dive the concentrated quality of a museum visit timed by a stopwatch.

Khoảnh khắc bạn đến vì nó: An identifiable WWII bomber, engines and wings in place, a focused deep dive

Địa hình: A WWII twin-engine bomber on flat sand at about 42 m

Điểm vào: Boat dive off Malta's southeast coast near Xrobb l-Ghagin; a fixed line descent onto the aircraft, with limited bottom time at 42 m.

Nguy hiểm cần lưu ý: Depth is the dive: short bottom times, mandatory discipline on gas and ascent, and no shelter from current if it runs.

Bảo tồn: Wartime aircraft are historic remains protected under Maltese heritage rules; nothing is touched or lifted.

Nitrox: Đáng dùng ở đây — các hồ sơ nằm trong khoảng độ sâu mà nitrox có thể kéo dài thời gian không dừng một cách thực sự có ý nghĩa (khi đã được đào tạo sử dụng).