Brazilian group seeks to stop aircraft carrier sale to Turkish company
Tayfun Ozberk
1 day ago
The Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo was formerly the Foch when under service with the French Navy. (Emmanuel Pain/AFP via Getty Images)
MERSIN, Turkey — Two groups are hoping to make a last ditch effort to save a retired Brazilian aircraft carrier that’s planned to be scrapped. One wants to turn the ship into a museum. The other, a training ship for the Turkish Navy.
The Sao Paulo/Foch Institute in Brazil is trying to prevent the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo from making its way to Turkey for disassembly and instead hopes to turn it into a museum.