An aerial bomb was discovered on the KraussMaffei site in Munich. It is said to be defused today. Traffic is impaired.
- An aerial bomb was found on the site of the Munich-based machine manufacturer KraussMaffei .
- The plant was then cleared.
- The bomb is said to be defused late Wednesday afternoon .
Munich - A bomb from the Second World War was found on the site of the Munich-based machine manufacturer KraussMaffei. The object weighs around 500 kilograms and was discovered during construction work. As a fire department spokesman announced on Wednesday, the plant was subsequently cleared .
Aviation bomb found at KrausMaffei - Ludwigsfelder Straße is closed
The bomb was supposed to be defused late Wednesday afternoon. However, the traffic disruptions are kept within limits: only one adjacent street, Ludwigsfelder Straße , was closed to traffic . The Munich fire department announced this on Twitter.
An aerial bomb was found on KraussMaffei's premises. We are with @PolizeiMuenchen
and explosive command on site. There are hardly any restrictions for the public area.
Only the # LudwigsfelderStraße is blocked during the disarming. # WirfürMünchen pic.twitter.com/3C69BKC3zq
A bomb was also defused in Augsburg at the beginning of February - but it was only 225 kilos.
Just as huge as the currently found aerial bomb in Munich was the aerial bomb that was defused in Neuried in December last year. It also weighed 500 kilograms. This assignment was a special challenge for the blasting master. If you want to know what blasting masters actually earn in their risky job, you can find out more in the video.
