Authority Japan he will conduct inspections of regional airfields in his area to look for more unexploded war bombs. This step is taken after Bombs of World War II explosion near the runway of Miyazaki Airport, prompting the airport to be closed.
Japanese Minister of Transport, Tetsuo Saito, in the latest statement, as reported AFPFriday (4/10/2024), that he had “ordered a magnetic search at Miyazaki Airport” and other airports.
The investigation, according to national television NHKinitially targeting airports in the regional commercial hubs of Sendai, Fukuoka and Naha.
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All the airports in these areas were once military bases during the war.
The airport search order was issued after a 250 kilogram bomb exploded on the taxiway of Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday (2/10) local time. Miyazaki Airport is known to have been a base for “kamikaze” pilots during World War II.
Video recording received AFP shows a lump of earth being thrown up to 10 meters into the air, the explosion leaving a crater wide several meters.
The explosion happened just a few minutes after a passenger plane passed by. Fortunately, there were no injuries in the incident.
However, dozens of flights at Miyazaki Airport were canceled and canceled due to the explosion.
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2024-10-04 09:03:05
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