The Government of Gibraltar prohibits the passage of the aircraft carrier São Paulo through its territorial waters

A novel about fate The hull of the aircraft carrier NAe São Paulowhich belong to Brazilian NavyHe won another class this week. The ship, which is sailing in an area close to Morocco, is heading towards Turkey where it must be dismantled.

However, The Turkish government suspended the mandate For the dismantling of São Paulo by the shipyard Sok Denizcilikve Tic, which bought the ship in 2021 for R$10.5 million. The reason is the lack of a detailed report on the toxic substances present on the ship, the most important of which is asbestos.

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This Tuesday, and Gibraltar governmentan area off the coast of Spain and belonging to the United Kingdom, has decided that the aircraft carrier and the Alp Center towing, which transports it, are denied access to its territorial waters.

Gibraltar is located in the strait of the same name that gives access to the Mediterranean Sea. However, the ban is not enough to prevent the two ships from passing through the area as other countries also control other parts of the passage, which are about 15 kilometers wide.

Possible arrival in Turkey on September 11

The Turkish Medical Syndicate, one of the organizations against sending the aircraft carrier into the country, said that Sao Paulo is expected to reach Turkish territorial waters on September 11.

Despite the refusal of the Turkish government and Subpoena issued by IBAMA (Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) In order for the ship to return to Brazil, it appears that he and the tugboat continue their journey on their way to Europe.

There are mixed reports on the amount of asbestos on board the ship, which was built by France in the 1960s and which operated under the name FS Foch until the late 1990s. In 2005, the French government reported that the carrier class contained between 160 and 200 tons. of asbestos.

The twin aircraft carrier Clemenceau faced a similar situation

Clemenceau, Foch’s brother, who was scrapped in the UK between 2009 and 2010, would have had about 760 tons of the substance taken from its hull.

The aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1997, and was sold to a Spanish company in 2003, which had intended to dismantle it in Turkey as well, but France canceled the agreement.

Two years later, the French government tried to take it to India, where another Brazilian aircraft carrier, Minas Gerais, was dismantled without any sponsorship.

The attempt was thwarted by Egypt, preventing Clemenceau from passing through the Suez Canal. After lengthy discussions, France decided to return the ship. In 2008 the carrier finally went to Hartlepool, in the north of England, where Able UK broke up.