WWII American bomb explodes at Japan airport

[Gil Bang 26101]

OKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said.

Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

Officials said an investigation by the Self-Defense Forces and police confirmed that the explosion was caused by a 500-pound U.S. bomb and there was no further danger. They were determining what caused its sudden detonation.

A video recorded by a nearby aviation school showed the blast spewing pieces of asphalt into the air like a fountain. Videos broadcast on Japanese television showed a crater in the taxiway reportedly about 7 meters (yards) in diameter and 1 meter (3 feet) deep.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said more than 80 flights had been canceled at the airport, which hopes to resume operations on Thursday morning.

 

Miyazaki Airport was built in 1943 as a former Imperial Japanese Navy flight training field from which some kamikaze pilots took off on suicide attack missions.

A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, Defense Ministry officials said.

Hundreds of tons of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

[Don Johnson 4758]

Don't start no shit, it won't be no shit.

[Hate 20164]

They’ll have it fixed by tomorrow.

[aggie08 21592]

4 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

Don't start no shit, it won't be no shit.

I was going to go with "Don't build them like they used to" but yours is better.

[elfenix 34387]

Sometimes you gotta remind them who's the boss

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[Your Mom 4883]

Somewhere up there a bombardier who caught shit for a miss is smiling and saying “I fucking told you guys!”

[Brisketexan 105628]

18 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

A video recorded by a nearby aviation school showed the blast spewing pieces of asphalt into the air like a fountain.

I presume that the money shot of the actual explosion was pixelated out on that video.

[atomheartbevo 90116]

20 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Miyazaki Airport was built in 1943 as a former Imperial Japanese Navy flight training field from which some kamikaze pilots took off on suicide attack missions.

A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, Defense Ministry officials said.

Hundreds of tons of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

You know who else was suicidal?  The engineers who thought it was a good idea to ignore a bomb that hit but didn't detonate, and just paved over it.

[Brisketexan 105628]

4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

You know who else was suicidal?  The engineers who thought it was a good idea to ignore a bomb that hit but didn't detonate, and just paved over it.

I'm just glad that we're not the only ones with a case of lazy don't give a fuck when it comes to road jobs:

[Nice Guy Eddie 13559]

When you mean to set the bomb timer for 80 seconds and instead set it for 80 years.

 

[Deej 77238]

To think that bomb was dropped after aggy last won a title in football. 

[NorthLoop 14305]

20 minutes ago, Deej said:

To think that bomb was dropped after aggy last won a title in football. 

Don't give them hope like that. 

[UT_OB1 2227]

3 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Don't give them hope like that. 

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