World War II bomb found at Frankfurt airport

What a huge surprise the workers at a construction site got Frankfurt Airport. In the middle of it, within the airfield grounds, they have found World War II-era bomb. This was confirmed this Friday by the German police, who specified that the device would be Controlled explosion In the next few hours.

As confirmed by the officials, it is a white phosphorus bombvery common during World War II, when these were used extensively. To avoid the presence of spectators and other reasons that can make your job difficultPolice have cordoned off an area of ​​one kilometre Around which artifacts have been found.

So far, air traffic and nearby roads Not impressed by this searchas told by a spokesperson. However, the airspace has warned passengers There may be obstacles on flights that were scheduled to take off mid-air 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM,

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However, this is not the first bomb of this type found in a German city. Already in 2020, the authorities had to 13,000 city residents evacuated after half-ton bomb found From the same war period. On this occasion, however, it was not necessary to evacuate the neighbours.

During the conflict, British and American forces dropped 1.5 million tons of bombs In Germany, it is therefore common to find some of them unused from time to time. It is believed that About 15% of these bombs did not explode Some of them were left underground due to technical problems. Without going any further, a 500 kilo bomb was found in the stadium of the Bundesliga team Mainz last April.

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