City airport open after World War II-era bomb removed

City airport open after World War II-era bomb removed | iNFOnews.ca
Airplanes are parked at London City Airport in London, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. London City Airport is closed all day due to a WWII unexploded bomb. Cancellations are expected at London City Airport after an unexploded World War II bomb was uncovered nearby. The device was found at George V Dock during work at London City Airport.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

London’s City Airport will open as usual after experts removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb from the nearby River Thames.

Flights in and out the airport were cancelled Monday after the 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) ordnance was found at King George V Dock in east London.

The Metropolitan Police service cleared an area within 700 feet (215 metres) of the bomb, including several residential streets, as officers worked with specialists from the Royal Navy to remove the device.

Robert Sinclair, the airport’s chief executive, said Tuesday the evacuation zone has now been lifted and the airport will operate as normal.

London City, the smallest of London’s international airports, is located in east London’s docklands, an area that was heavily bombed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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