On the morning of October 2, 2024, a bomb probably dating from World War II exploded near an airport in Japan. Fragments were found 200 meters away, according to local media.
Nobody expected it. This morning, a bomb exploded outside Miyazaki airport in Japan, reports the Yomiuri Shinbunthe country’s leading media.
Not far from the passage of planes
Around 8 a.m., the bomb exploded at an aircraft taxiway, which connects to an airstrip.
The track was closed and 87 flights were immediately canceled. The explosion created a hole approximately seven meters in maximum diameter and one meter deep. The site’s CCTV cameras captured the scene.
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This morning, an explosion was reportedly captured on the information camera at Miyazaki Airport at 7:58 AM, sending plumes of dust into the air.
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The events occurred in an area called “shoulder zone”. And if the wheels of the planes don’t pass over them, the wings sometimes fly over them. Metal fragments were found over a perimeter of 200 meters. Two minutes before the detonation, a plane was treading the runway towards Haneda, near Tokyo.
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An explosive at least 80 years old
According to our Japanese colleagues, the explosive dates from the Second World War. This would be a lost warhead, unexploded during the conflict. At that time, Japan was primarily the target of the American military, for its attack on Pearl Harbor in particular, the premise of the United States’ entry into the war.
This would be the first time that a bomb has exploded on a traffic route, moreover so close to a site bringing together as many people as an airport. Five others have exploded nearby since the war, but never this close.
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