World War Two bomb explodes on airport runway

Описание: This is the moment a WWII bomb explodes next to a runway forcing flight cancellations at an airport in Japan.

CCTV captured the blast as a plane prepared for take-off- at Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport on Wednesday (2 October).

Officials said a bomb disposal team from the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force later investigated the explosion.

Experts found an American bomb had been buried beneath the land surface, probably dating to a wartime air raid.

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