World War Bomb
Unexploded bombs defused in Düsseldorf
There may be delays at Düsseldorf Airport in the afternoon due to bomb defusal. photo
© Friso Gentsch/dpa
There were delays in flight processing and roads were also closed – the defusing of a bomb near Düsseldorf Airport was successful.
The dud bomb from the Second World War discovered on the grounds of Düsseldorf Airport has been defused. That divided the city Düsseldorf with. The American ten hundredweight bomb was found during construction work.
The road closures were lifted immediately after the defusing. The adjacent residential buildings were not affected by the defusing. Flight operations had to be briefly interrupted during the defusing. A total of around 100 people from the fire department, police, municipal utilities, Rheinbahn and the city were on duty.