A 500-pound bomb dropped by a U.S. warplane during World War II finally exploded in the Main River in the heart of Frankfurt on Sunday when a police munitions disposal crew tried to blow up its decaying detonator but instead set off the device.
A large plume of water blasts up behind the Iron Bridge on the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany, after a 500-pound American bomb from World War II was detonated Sunday.
The controlled explosion of the bomb, which police had determined was too volatile to be transported to shore to be defused, sent a gush of water shooting 70 feet high even though the weapon was detonated at a depth of about 20 feet below the surface of the river that runs through the center of Germany’s financial capital.The larger than expected blast could be heard miles away and residents reported feeling the ground vibrating.
“That was really great,” said Dieter Schwetzler, the head of the police operation, in an interview with the local HR TV station in Frankfurt. “Yes, I have to admit I was surprised the plume of water went so high. We’ve had similar underwater detonations before but nothing as high as this one. It was quite incredible.”
Police munitions expert Tobias Fochler, who tried to inspect the bomb’s remnants to ensure that there were no dangerous parts remaining, told HR TV that it had left a crater measuring 30 feet wide and 5 feet deep.The rusting bomb was discovered in the riverbed on Tuesday by a group of firefighters taking part in a routine underwater training exercise.
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