Ostend demolition in the Langestraat in Ostend did workers Tuesday morning a remarkable discovery. On the mantelpiece in the living room of a breaking down building was a vliegtuigbom from the Second world War. The former occupant used the springtuig as ornament and thought it’s probably too risky for the colossus to take on the move.
“I believed at first my eyes. When I got closer went to look, I saw right away that it is a bomb went. As the procedures the prescription, I the police are called in,” says construction worker Gillian Labens of the firm of Francis Dumalin. The police are called immediately the ontmijningsdienst DOVO and the yard was a long-time shut down. It was a bomb of around 80 centimeters long and 15 centimeters in diameter.
The starter turned out removed, but the bomb was still filled with explosives. DOVO examined the springtuig and looked, although not immediately acute danger of explosion. A perimeter was found not to be necessary. The vliegtuigbom was taken and the check will be made to explode, together with other shells. After an hour of delay, could the demolition be continued.
