Nearly 75 years after the end of World War II, relics and weapons are surprisingly still being found across Europe.
And one of them result in shutting down the Hamburg Airport.The airport reopened late on last Wednesday after a World War II-era bomb was “successfully defused” hours after being discovered.Experts were brought in to defuse the bomb that shut down the international airport in Hamburg, also known as Flughafen Hamburg for almost three hours.
Homes surrounded by 300-metre radius of the bomb had to be evacuated, with 500 plus people brought to safety.
At the time,the bomb disposal experts were at work, the nearby A7 motorway was closed as well as the airspace over Hamburg, meaning that no planes were able to land or take off.
“Hamburg Airport just reopened,” Airport authorities tweeted. “The WW2 bomb in Hamburg-Schnelsen was successfully defused. All waiting flights can depart/land from now on. Please keep in contact with your airline regarding your current flight status.”
This is the second time in last five months a bomb was found in Hamburg. Earlierin May, a 1,000-pound American-made bomb was uncovered in the city and forced the evacuation of 6,000 people in the Heimfeld neighborhood.
