At 11: 40 on Thursday 7 February, during excavations near the runway at Ciampino airport, three German-made bombs were found - dating back to World War II - weighing 150 kg containing about 75 kg of explosives.
Immediate intervention by the bomb technicians of the 6th pioneering engineering regiment of the Italian Army who worked incessantly in order to clean up and neutralize the bombs in the shortest possible time.
In order to carry out the reclamation activities in complete safety, the Aeroporti di Roma Company, responsible for the airport, has ordered its temporary closure to air traffic, which will then reopen starting at 18.00, and its evacuation. The command of the 31st wing of the Italian Air Force, in charge of the military part of the airport, worked in close coordination with the managers of the civil airport, putting in place all the safety arrangements of the areas of its competence and of military air traffic, and making emergency vehicles available during the delicate operations of the bomb squad.
To remove the war residuals it was also necessary the intervention of a specialized team of the Italian Army who, with appropriate techniques, proceeded to load the orders on a vehicle, limiting to a minimum the electromagnetic impulses that could have caused the trigger.
The bombs were then transferred to the Santa Maria delle Mole quarry for the subsequent blasting.
