Wartime bomb delays jets at Schipol Airport
06/10/2005 - 10:07:55Air traffic will likely be delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport all day today after an unexploded Second World War British bomb was found in a field near the airport.
The 500-pound bomb was discovered by workers in the nearby town of Vijfhuizen, and explosives experts decided the landing strip nearest the bomb should be closed.
“The projectile is sensitive to vibrations, is not in a settled position, and is possibly live,” the Dutch traffic service ANWB said in a statement.
Bombs and mines are still found on a weekly basis in the Netherlands, a reminder of its occupation by the Nazis, and its geographic location directly between Britain and Germany.
