Bomb in Norwegian airport

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Bomb in Norwegian airport

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by darkone, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. darkone

    darkone Moderator

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    Alta airport in finnmark county Norway, has been closed, due to a bomb that was found at the end of the runway. It was found by people making the runway longer, and it was dropped during WW2

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    darkone, Jun 10, 2009
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    Awesome, a relic too add to the history books.
     
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    Wow.
    You dont find that every day ;)
     
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    interesting find, i wonder if there might be an inscription on it.
     
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    EonMaster Eeveelution Master

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    I wonder what side it was dropped by, as both sides had offensives that occured there.

    Would be interesting to know how rare that bomb is and how much it's worth by historical standards.
     
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    Thats kinda cool
     
    Simbob, Jun 11, 2009
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    Its a very good thing it didn't go off. A lot of explosives left behind during WW2 are still active and very deadly to this day.
     
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    EonMaster Eeveelution Master

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    yep, thats why some places in Europe and Africa still have problems with landmines
     
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    ijffdrie Lord of Spam

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    you'd be surprised how often they find stuff like this
     
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    Lol, thats sad with landmines. Although I'm trying not to laugh, *innocent guy walking bye. Boom!*
     
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    wasn't the bomb a sort of black sphere on which it was written BOMB ? It's called a joke so.
     
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    Problem for Norway is, it has such a large mass compared to it's population, and there is a lot of terrain that people don't normally go, cause of all the mountains, fjords, ect ect.

    When I seen this, I got scared as hell. Thought maybe for some reason Norway was targeted for a terrorist act, and that maybe Maddie might be made to fight somewhere. This is not the case.
     
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    I doubt terrorists would try and bomb Norway. They seem to be pointing all of their frustration further west.
     
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    Norway is viewed quite positively in the mid east. I still was scared at first though.
     
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    Wow that's cool. I'd love to find a 60 year old bomb!

    Edit: And it still worked too!!
     
    Darktemplar_L, Jun 12, 2009
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    Closer to 70 now though. Imagine if they didn't find it though. A plane would have been destroyed, with people in it. Causing a panic, where no panic is due at all.

    Very good thing it was found.
     
    darkone, Jun 12, 2009
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    actually it would have exploded from the construction works years before any plane even plans to land
     
    ijffdrie, Jun 14, 2009
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  18. darkone

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    Still would have caused a panic.
     
    darkone, Jun 14, 2009
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