Wartime bomb delays jets at Schipol Airport

Air traffic will likely be delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport all day today after an unexploded Second World War British bomb was found in a field near the airport.

Wartime bomb delays jets at Schipol Airport

Air traffic will likely be delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport all day today after an unexploded Second World War British bomb was found in a field near the airport.

The 500-pound bomb was discovered by workers in the nearby town of Vijfhuizen, and explosives experts decided the landing strip nearest the bomb should be closed.

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