Sep 1, 2026
✦Economic Times
A sunken plane became a 'thriving reef': How nature reclaimed a Miami wreck after it was torn apart by a storm.
On September 8, 1993, Miami lowered a retired Boeing 727 called Spirit of Miami into the sea. A storm split it apart a year later in November 1994. Despite the damage, the wreckage now acts as a reef where many corals, oysters, and fish moved in to live.