Abandoned European in airport frozen in time with planes left rotting on tarmac

The shell of an abandoned passenger plane Hawker-Siddeley Trident at Nicosia International Airport. (Image: Getty Images) Once a busy gateway for tourists arriving to bask in the sun-soaked beauty of Cyprus , Nicosia International Airport now stands frozen in time. The airport became a battleground during the 1974 Turkish invasion.

Commercial activity ceased soon after. The Nicosia International Airport is located within the 111 miles UN-controlled buffer zone that now divides the island into Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied north. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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