The town council in Langenhagen, where the airport is located, said experts unearthed and defused a 250-kilogram (551-pound) US bomb. A second suspect object turned out to be a metal pipe.
Berlin: An American bomb dropped during World War II has been defused at the airport in the northern German city of Hannover in an operation that forced dozens of flights to be diverted.
A 1,000-meter (1,100-yard) radius was sealed off and 54 flights diverted to other airports.
The town council in Langenhagen, where the airport is located, said experts unearthed and defused a 250-kilogram (551-pound) US bomb. A second suspect object turned out to be a metal pipe.
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