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Bomb (Air Delivered)

Bomb (Air Delivered) event in North Rhine-Westphalia, Dusseldorf Airport, Dusseldorf area, Germany on Thu 21st September 2023

21st September 2023

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As of: September 21, 2023, 4:46 p.m The ten hundredweight bomb that was found at Düsseldorf airport has been defused. The unexploded bomb from World War II was discovered during construction work. The ten hundredweight bomb was defused in the afternoon, the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital announced. A total of around 100 people from the fire department, police, municipal utilities, Rheinbahn as well as the public order office and the traffic management office were on duty. Airspace only closed for a short time In order to render the World War II bomb harmless, a low-traffic time in the afternoon was used. Because during the defusing, neither aircraft could take off nor land. The airspace was only closed for a short time. As a result, 15 takeoffs and landings were slightly delayed, and one flight was diverted to Cologne/Bonn Airport. The American bomb was discovered on a construction site in Düsseldorf-Lohhausen in the early afternoon. At around 4:14 p.m., the district government's explosive ordnance disposal service managed to defuse the bomb. No people were allowed to stay within 500 meters of the site. Residents from neighboring districts were not affected by the measures. There were traffic restrictions on federal highway 8 and the U79 railway line.

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Germany (DEU)

North Rhine-Westphalia ( Dusseldorf Airport, Dusseldorf area )

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