{"id":41232,"date":"2026-04-02T15:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=41232"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:32:37","slug":"250kg-world-war-ii-bomb-safely-disposed-of-no-impact-on-changi-airport-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=41232","title":{"rendered":"250kg World War II bomb safely disposed of, no impact on Changi Airport operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The war relic was discovered at 4.55am on Tuesday during construction works in the Changi East development area, where Terminal 5 is planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was subsequently assessed by the Singapore Armed Forces\u2019 Explosive Ordnance Disposal team to be unsafe to move, necessitating a controlled on-site disposal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To contain the blast and any fragmentation effects arising from the disposal, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said\u00a0personnel from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defence Group constructed protective works.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These included compacted sandbags to act as overhead cover and reinforced concrete barriers placed around the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ordnance was subsequently disposed (of) through a controlled detonation in the early morning, minimising disruption to the public and airport operations,&#8221; said MINDEF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/ww2-bomb-disposed-tanah-merah-coast-road-changi-airport-6032651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war relic was discovered at 4.55am on Tuesday during construction works in the Changi East development area, where Terminal 5 is planned. It was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}