A bomb from World War II exploded at the Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday.
No one was injured but more than 80 flights have been canceled.
Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashisaidhe expects flights to resume on Thursday.
The crater left behind by the explosion of a WWII-era bomb at a Japanese Airport on October 2, 2024.© Kyodo News screenshot
The bomb exploded on a taxiway far from any buildings and was captured on video.
The explosion left a massive crater in the pavement that will take time to repair.
The world is covered in unexploded ordnances.
Sometimes these bombs dont explode and they sit, undetonated, in the ground.
Theyre still dangerous and the world is covered in them.
The airport was a launching area for Japanese pilots during the war.
Its a particular problem in the Solomon Islands, the site of heavy shelling during the Pacific Campaign.
The problem is also bad in Vietnam where the U.S. dropped millions of munitions during its war.
Project Renew, the group he started, has detonated more than815,000 munitionsin the country.
Theres still more where those came from.
Europe is also covered in bombs left over from World War II.
The United States hasnt been spared the problem.
The Civil War dotted the country with unexploded ordnance.
Researchers found an unexploded shell at Gettysburgin 2023.
A year before, archaeologists discovered anotherlive round in Georgia.
But that kind of thing is dangerous.
It exploded in his driveway,killing himinstantly.
Every year, Japan scours its country for unexploded ordnance and every year it finds new bombs to detonate.
The one below the paved taxiway at the Miyazaki Airport was one it missed.
Its hard to know how many more are out there waiting to explode.
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