Watch moment Second World War bomb explodes at Japan’s Miyazaki airport as plane prepares to take-off

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2 Oct 2024 • 11:10 PM MYT
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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.

Government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said the runway was shutdown and 87 flights were cancelled. He said there was 'no danger' of further explosions.

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