Recently a massive explosion occurred at Miyazaki Airport in Japan. The blast was caused by a buried bomb from WWII, one which left a 23-foot-wide crater in the regional airport’s taxiway. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Recently, this was the scene at the Miyazaki Airport in southern Japan.
00:04That was a massive explosion, one that left a 23-foot wide crater in the regional airport's taxiway.
00:10Afterwards, bomb disposal teams investigated the area, including the over 3-foot deep hole that was left,
00:16finding remnants from a World War II American bomb.
00:20Authorities say the bomb remained buried for around 80 years and suddenly and unexpectedly went off.
00:26Footage from a nearby aviation college also showed a passenger plane full of travelers
00:30taxiing past the point of the explosion just two minutes before the blast.
00:34According to Japan's transport ministry, this isn't the first unexploded World War II-era bomb to be found at the airport.
00:40In 2011, a pipework team found a 120-pound bomb, which had not detonated.
00:45And as recently as 2021, an asphalt resurfacing team found another, that one estimated to have weighed a ton.
00:52The most recent unexpected bomb blast is believed to have been a remnant of an air raid on the area during the Second World War.
00:58This blast resulted in dozens of flights being cancelled.