Bomb Found During Airport Construction Safely Detonated

Frankfurt, Germany A large WWII-era UXO has been safely disposed of after it was found by construction workers during work on a new terminal. The A5 motorway was closed during the detonation which was conducted at the conclusion of the day which marks the end of normal airport operations and a night-flight ban.

Ahead of the operations, a FRAPORT airport operator stated that the disruption of passenger services would be limited, "The flight traffic is not affected as the night flights are banned in Frankfurt." A 500-meter cordon was established while firefighters and pyrotechnics carried out the controlled detonation.

Frankfurt, like many other German cities, was intensely bombarded during WWII. UXO finds are common in excavation and construction work in these cities.