Thousands of commercial jets, private planes and military aircrafts are abandoned and parked on bases or airports around the world.
Some of the planes are returned to service.
Some are recycled or stripped of their valuable parts.
Others are sold on to third world airlines.
This is the amazing breakers yard in the Californian desert where airlines send their ageing aircraft into storage while a decision is made whether to scrap them.
The Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville is home to more than 100 passenger jets from giant four-engined Boeing 747-400s to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with its distinctive three-engine configuration.
Airlines send their surplus aircraft to the arid 'plane graveyard' in the desert for storage as the dry conditions are ideal for storing the aircraft.
Some of the planes are returned to service. Others are sold on to third world airlines.
While the remainder are stripped of all their valuable parts such as engines and other components to keep other jets in the fleet airborne. The remaining aluminium is then recycled - often into beer cans.
Some of the jets are slowly dismantled piece by piece until the remainder of the airframe is scrapped and recycled, possibly into drinks cans.
There are about a 100 of cargo and passenger planes abandoned at airports across the country.
Planes abandoned at other airports, including in the capital, Abuja, lagos, and the main northern city, Kano.
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The site spans a staggering 50 acres in the barren prairies of northern America where every make, model and size is left to rot.
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Some of the planes are returned to service.
Some are recycled or stripped of their valuable parts.
Others are sold on to third world airlines.
This is the amazing breakers yard in the Californian desert where airlines send their ageing aircraft into storage while a decision is made whether to scrap them.
The Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville is home to more than 100 passenger jets from giant four-engined Boeing 747-400s to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with its distinctive three-engine configuration.
Airlines send their surplus aircraft to the arid 'plane graveyard' in the desert for storage as the dry conditions are ideal for storing the aircraft.
Some of the planes are returned to service. Others are sold on to third world airlines.
While the remainder are stripped of all their valuable parts such as engines and other components to keep other jets in the fleet airborne. The remaining aluminium is then recycled - often into beer cans.
Some of the jets are slowly dismantled piece by piece until the remainder of the airframe is scrapped and recycled, possibly into drinks cans.
There are about a 100 of cargo and passenger planes abandoned at airports across the country.
Planes abandoned at other airports, including in the capital, Abuja, lagos, and the main northern city, Kano.
World's biggest ship graveyard where huge tankers and cruise liners are scrapped on the shorefront and workers work for £2 a day in Pakistan&Bangladesh
Thousands of rusting motors sit idly in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
The site spans a staggering 50 acres in the barren prairies of northern America where every make, model and size is left to rot.
rs, vans, trucks, buses, and motorcycles are seen stacked at a scrapyard in Hangzhou in China.
Soviet submarine graveyard, russia.
