Late on Thursday afternoon, a 250-kilo bomb from the Second World War was found during construction work in a Gilching industrial estate.
All details in our ticker.
On
Thursday evening
, an
aircraft bomb
was discovered during construction work
near the
A96 near Gilching
.
The dud must be defused on Friday (November 20th).
The
A96
motorway
near Munich
will be closed for this.
Update, November 19, 9:20 p.m.:
The S-Bahn are not affected by the defusing, as Gilching's mayor Manfred Walter announced on Twitter.
He calls on everyone to avoid the Gilching-West / Oberpfaffenhofen junction and to drive around a large area.
Walter also had details about the evacuations in his community:
During the defusing of the bomb, evacuations in areas of the forest colony will also be necessary on Friday.
There will be approx.
100 firefighters will be deployed to support the police.
Thank you in advance for that.
- Manfred Walter (@ 804Walter) November 19, 2020
Aircraft bomb at A96: lock from 10 a.m. - chaos inevitable
Update, November 19, 8:25 p.m.:
The police have announced further details about the closings on Friday.
The report states: “After an assessment by a demolition expert, it was determined that the bomb will be
defused
tomorrow,
Friday, November 20th, 2020 at 11 am
.
A
blocking radius of 500 meters
around the location of the bomb was set
for defusing
.
As a result,
the objects inside the locking ring must be
evacuated
from
8 a.m.
tomorrow
.
This also means that several hundred employees from companies located in this area cannot work. ”In addition, the residents of several streets, specifically Lärchenweg, Flugplatzstraße and Neubruchweg in Neugilching, would also have to leave their homes.
Air bomb near Gilching: A96 near Munich totally blocked
The A96 motorway, which will be completely closed between the Gilching / Oberpfaffenhofen and Gilching / Argelsried junctions from 10 a.m., also falls
within the
500 meter restricted radius.
This means that all traffic in the direction of Munich will be diverted at the Oberpfaffenhofen exit and the traffic in the direction of Lindau at the Argelsried exit.
Andreas Ruch from the Gemeringer Police:
"This measure should undoubtedly represent the most serious cut, because as a result, considerable traffic obstructions in the Gilching / Wessling area must be expected."
First report, Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m .:
Around 4 p.m., the news came that an American bomb from the Second World War had been found during construction work in the Gilching industrial area at the special airport in Oberpfaffenhofen.
The dud as defused on Friday morning was poured in over night.
The defusing should begin around 10 a.m. on Friday - then the A 96 must also be closed, as it is within the safety area of 500 meters.
The Deputy Police Chief of Germeringen Andreas Ruch: "It will not be a simple defusing." Details of the evacuations are not yet known.
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