Update on the Polish bomb defusal – Ka-BOOOM

| October 14, 2020

I talked about this story yesterday. The plan was to have the bomb defused by the end of the week. Either the bomb or the technicians thought it could be done way faster. Luckily nobody was hurt.

The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it.

More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie where the Tallboy bomb used by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) was found. It weighed nearly 5,400 kg, including 2,400 kg of explosive.

“The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered as neutralised, it will not pose any more threat,” Second-Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski, the spokesman of the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla, was quoted as saying by state-run news agency PAP.

“All mine divers were outside the danger zone.”

I love the line, “The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered as neutralised.” Don’t ever change, Lieutenant.

Source; Reuters

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Sapper3307

A nice example of The Munroe Effect.

26Limabeans

Very symetrical. Is the charge directed downward?
I would like to see photos of the crater on the riverbed.
Glad nobody hurt.

Skippy

Crazy

26Limabeans

Pull!

5th/77th FA

I have read that the flagration process could cause quite an eruption…or something. It appears that it created quite a wet spot too.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Now back in the 1950’s that would have been a Blast. Looks like they couldn’t burn off all of the bombs product before it exploded so the operation really bombed out.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Life is but a dream, Ka Boom Ka Boom.

26Limabeans
Ex-PH2

That KA-BOOM! is quite impressive, even if it took 80-some years to happen.

Glad that no one got hurt and no buildings were damaged in the explosion.

The Stranger

Time to start with the LT jokes…

David

Sounds pretty controlled… no divers in the (considerable) danger zone, no problems. Not an ‘ah shit’ moment.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH B Woodman

“Where’s the KA-BOOM? There should have been an earth shattering KA-BOOM!”
Marvin, ya got yer wish.

A Proud Infidel®™️

A nice example of “Fuck it, why don’t we just…”

Green Thumb

Second-Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski.

I like this guy.

Promote immediately ahead of peers.

butch

Given a choice between defusing and removing or CAREFULLY placing a block of C4 on it and detonating it, no brainer.

A Proud Infidel®™️

One look at how long it’s been there says that it could easily have become way too unstable to safely move, thus making detonation the safest and easiest move!

RGR 4-78

So, the bomb squad figured out that they didn’t have enough fish for Fridays fish fry and decided to go fishing.

Graybeard

I thought that was Fat Albert (“Hey, hey, hey!“) doing a cannonball.

Messkit

As us Polacks would say, in our best Mexican accent: “That thingy go El Bango”

Cameron

Reminds me of a video where a depth charge was detonated. Not as big as this one, but impressive nonetheless.

ChipNASA

Polish EOD, “Fuck it, I’m cold and it’s getting late and I’m hungry. Who’s fucking great idea was to try to “fix” this thing??? Shit, gimmie the C4……annnnnnnnnnndddddd

FULL SEND!!!”