AN engineer is building a £20,000 bunker in an old 737 jet airliner in case war comes to the UK.

Dave Billings is converting the £4,000 fuselage into the shelter which he will bury in his garden.

Dave Billings sits inside his Boeing 737 fuselage that he is burying in his garden to extend his underground bunker.Engineer Dave Billings is building a £20,000 bunker in an old 737 jet airliner in case war comes to the UKCredit: SWNS Dave Billings climbing out of a bunker hatch in his garden.Dave is converting the £4,000 Boeing fuselage into the shelter which he will bury in his gardenCredit: SWNS

Son Oliver, seven, will decorate it.

The family live on an ex-Army base in Hilton, Derbys, and there in 2015.

He said: “It’s a good place to be if stuff goes wrong.

“Ten miles from a blast and you’re probably all right.

“I don’t understand why this thing with Iran has just happened, but war seems to be very fashionable at the moment.

“Whatever happens, the best thing you can do is be prepared and if you’re 10 miles away from a blast, you’ll probably be alright in it, it would stop the radiation going down there.

“The plan is, if it’s not a fallout shelter it’s going to be a bar, a party room in the theme of a fallout shelter kitted out with all the bits so you won’t get bored down there as well as just surviving.

“You need some activities, don’t you?

“But there’s a lot of room to do things in there.

“I mean, it’s a Boeing 737, they’re pretty big!”

Man stands on a Boeing 737-500 fuselage while a digger removes its nose.Dave will attach the hollowed-out aircraft to his pre-existing nuclear bunker NINTCHDBPICT001061079629Dave purchased the fuselage on Facebook Marketplace for four grandCredit: Dave Billings Dave Billing emerging from the hatch of a bunker he built in his garden.His garden is now home to an elaborate underground hideoutCredit: SWNS

He said: “I’m still building this for fun at the moment. If I was a prepper, I’d be stopping everything else to get on with it. I do these things because they’re cool, I enjoy it.

“But this one’s a cool thing that’s got a purpose; it can be classed as functionable.

“If things escalate and it is going to be needed, I can speed the job up, but I don’t think anyone will bomb the Derbyshire Dales.”

Interior of a stripped Boeing 737 fuselage with four seats installed, showing the exposed framework and red cargo containers outside.Work has already started on the fuselage – with the ultimate plan to bury it 14ft deep in his back gardenCredit: Dave Billings NINTCHDBPICT001061079654Dave plans to install ovens and shelves in the rear of the cabin, next to the existing toiletCredit: Dave Billings NINTCHDBPICT001061079657Dave’s plane plan if it all goes nuclearCredit: Dave Billings A yellow backhoe moving a partially dismantled white airplane fuselage in a muddy yard.He made the bizarre purchase after spotting an advert for the Boeing 737-500 A man using an angle grinder to remove letters from the side of a white airplane fuselage.He has removed the back section and stripped away insulation inside the aircraft NINTCHDBPICT001061079649The plane still features oxygen masks and a toilet from its heydayCredit: Dave Billings

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