Bomb Dropped During WWII Finally Explodes
A dormant U.S.-made World War II-era bomb exploded Wednesday morning at an airport in southwestern Japan, prompting a runway closure and multiple flight cancellations, according to reports.
The shell exploded without warning on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport at about 8 a.m., leaving a crater nearly 23 feet wide and just over three feet deep, Japan’s Kyodo News reported.
The Japanese army’s explosive ordnance disposal unit investigated the site, the outlet added. No injuries were reported. Local firefighters and police also responded, and the police issued a localized evacuation order.
A video of the explosion obtained by Kyodo News from a nearby aviation college shows black debris shooting skyward and a damaged portion of the tarmac. An airplane had passed nearby only two minutes before, the outlet reported.
The bomb was a U.S.-made weapon, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo, according to Kyodo News. (Read more from “Bomb Dropped During WWII Finally Explodes” HERE)
