A U.S. bomb planted at a Japanese airport exploded on Wednesday, cratering a taxiway and canceling greater than 80 flights.
The small explosion left a gap about seven meters (23 ft) vast, however no casualties had been reported and no plane had been close by on the time.
The bomb, which exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, is believed to have been dropped throughout World Warfare II to stop kamikaze plane from finishing up suicide missions.
“There is no such thing as a menace of a second explosion and police and firefighters are at the moment checking the scene,” Chief Cupboard Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa mentioned, including that the airport deliberate to reopen on Thursday.
The bomb disposal workforce of the Japan Self-Protection Forces confirmed that the supply of the explosion was a 500-pound American bomb.
Whereas the transport minister mentioned they might not verify when the bomb was dropped, native media reported it was doubtless throughout World Warfare II.
Miyazaki Airport is situated on the southeastern tip of Kyushu Island. It was inbuilt 1943 as a base for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Different unexploded bombs reportedly dropped by america at a close-by development web site in 2009 and 2011 had been found.
There are nonetheless unexploded bombs buried throughout the nation. Based on Reuters, a complete of two,348 bombs had been disposed of in 2023, weighing 41 tons.
