ALERT: London- London City Airport Closes Due to WWII Bomb (February 12, 2018)

February 12, 2018

London City Airport is closed today due to an unexploded World War II-era bomb being discovered nearby.

Fortune writes:

Construction workers found the bomb in King George V Dock, which is a stone’s throw away from the end of the London City Airport runway, on the River Thames. After they reported it to the Metropolitan Police in the early hours of Sunday morning, the airport was shut. It remained closed on Monday.

The police set up a 214-meter (702-foot) exclusion zone so they could deal with the bomb without endangering the public. That meant evacuating residents and setting up road cordons.

According to the Evening Standard:

London City Airport has urged passengers due to fly on Monday not to travel to the airport. The airport is likely to remain closed all day.

London City Airport posted a statement from their CEO, Robert Sinclair, regarding the closure:

“The airport remains closed this morning following the discovery of a World War Two ordnance in King George V Dock on Sunday. All flights in and out of London City on Monday are cancelled and an exclusion zone is in place in the immediate area.

All flights in and out of London City on Monday are cancelled and an exclusion zone is in place in the immediate area. I urge any passengers due to fly today not to come to the airport and to contact their airline for further information.

I recognise this is causing inconvenience for our passengers, and in particular some of our local residents. The airport is cooperating fully with the Met Police and Royal Navy and working hard to safely remove the device and resolve the situation as quickly as possible.”

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