The São Paulo Aircraft Carrier, once a symbol of Brazil's naval power, has had a tumultuous journey since its acquisition in ...

The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s navy said Friday night that it had carried out a “planned and controlled” operation to sink a decommissioned aircraft carrier nearly 220 miles off its coast ...

Brazilian planemaker Embraer is competing to supply Moroccan airline Royal Air Maroc with its aircraft, a source familiar ...

Correction: February 9, 2023 — An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the aircraft carrier that Brazil sank. It was the São Paulo, not the Sao Paolo.

The old aircraft carrier, once the navy’s flagship, is packed with asbestos. No country, including Brazil, will let it dock to be dismantled.

Brazil sinks aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution risk Critics of Brazil’s planned sinking of the decommissioned Sao Paulo aircraft carrier described it as a ‘state-sponsored ...

A Türkiye-based company got the contract for the dismantling of the ship. However, after Brazil failed to prepare a new hazardous materials inventory report, Türkiye revoked the permission for the ...

The 34,000-ton, 870-foot Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo will be sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil, announced the Navy of Brazil. São Paulo which was sailing to Türkiye in order ...

The 32,000-ton Sao Paulo carrier had been towed by a tug to Europe but did not get past the Gibraltar straits, and was returned across the Atlantic after Turkey decided it was an environmental hazard.

A plan for Brazil to sink a toxic 60-year-old aircraft carrier in the South Atlantic has been put on hold following a last-minute purchase offer from Saudi Arabia. The São Paulo, an 870-foot ...