Nicosia International Airport was abandoned in 1974 due to conflict in Cyprus. It was once the Mediterranean island's main airport, but it's been untouched for almost 50 years. Nature has overtaken ...

A large passenger jet sits silent and still on the edge of a sun-beaten track. It won’t fly again — its engines have been stripped down, its wings wrecked and weathered by time. Nearby, shafts of ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus. It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In August 1974, the UN established a buffer dividing the island of Cyprus ...

UNBELIEVABLE IMAGES reveal the eerie remains of an abandoned airport in a holiday hotspot where planes have been left to rot on the tarmac for 50 years. The once-bustling transport hub Nicosia ...

Flags of Turkey and breakaway North Cyprus hang on the facade of the new terminal for its inauguration - Copyright AFP Birol BEBEK Flags of Turkey and breakaway North ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus. It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the ...