See 6 repurposed Boeing 747s with unusual second lives, from a Swedish hotel to a scuba site in Bahrain

The 747 hotel in Sweden had a room in the cockpit. : Edwin Remsberg / VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A handful of retired Boeing 747 airliners have been given a second life. An ex-passenger 747 was turned into a hotel in Sweden, while another is a dive site in Bahrain. The superjumbo is a rarity these days as airlines replace them with newer twin-engine widebodies. You don't need a plane ticket to experience one of the most iconic — and quickly disappearing — passenger plane...