Marshall Islands: Bikini Atoll May Close to Divers Because of Bankrupt Airline

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 19th, 2007 | Trackback

The top tourist attraction in the islands may be forced to close because there may no longer be an efficient way to get there. Bikini Atoll, home to a sunken World War II navy fleet, site of 23 atmospheric atomic bomb tests from 1946 through 1958 and a popular dive site, may have to shut down its dive operations because Air Marshall Islands cannot keep its planes flying. Between August and October dozens of divers had to be turned away because the airline’s two planes were grounded with mechanical problems. The bill to repair them is reportedly $700,000 and the airline is already in default on a bank loan, so the government has refused to provide more funding.

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