Russia's 'River Rockets' that soared over water with jet engines left to rot

The Sun

Lean Right

Mixed Factuality

Media Conglomerate: Murdoch Family

Russia's 'River Rockets' that soared over water with jet engines left to rot

A COLLECTION of Russian soviet-era “River Rockets” have been left to rot near a forest in an abandoned ship graveyard. The rusting passenger boats, which sailed above the water at 150kmph fuelled by turbine jet engines, were once a 1980s revelation. A collection of abandoned ‘River Rockets’ sits near a forest in Perm, Russia Instagram/@Kosmaj ProjectThe once revolutionary boats have been left to rot there for years[/caption] GettyRussian hydrofo…