Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
Aerospace company Tarmac Aerosave is specialised in the dismantling of end-of-life aircraft at its base.
The parts salvaged during this process are repackaged and repurposed. Landing gear and motors are shipped out to be reinstalled in new planes while cockpits are reborn as flight simulators.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
Front nose and wings of old planes are displayed on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of dismantling old planes on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of dismantling old planes on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of dismantling old planes on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of dismantling old planes on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
Dismantling old planes are seen on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
Inside view of a dismantling old plane on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
Dismantling old planes are seen on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of dismantling old planes on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
The front nose of old planes are displayed on the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
...
This is how an aircraft's life ends
Photographs: Bruno Martin/Reuters.
View of the recycling yard of the Tarmac Aerosave company in Azereix near Tarbes, southern France.
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