The 11 ° rgt genius spoilers defuses an airplane bomb

27/06/14

Yesterday afternoon the operations of disarming and blasting of an unexploded device dating back to the 2 world conflict concluded in a field in the municipality of Bovino (FG) were concluded.

The British-made bomb weighing 250 pounds was accidentally found by the owner of the land during the construction of a water collection tank. The decommissioning operations were arranged by the prefecture of Foggia which, in coordination with the 2 ° defense forces command (2 ° FOD) of San Giorgio a Cremano (NA), activated a team of specialists of the 11 ° regiment genius guastatori of Foggia, of the "Pinerolo" brigade.

For the single day of the operation, the prefecture has provided for the evacuation of the rural houses in the area within a radius of 500 meters, the interruption of electricity, the ban on rail traffic on the Rome-Bari route and an air evacuation of 1000 meters in height.

The intervention of the team of specialists, called 'EOD' (English acronym for Explosive Ordnance Disposal, i.e. reclamation of explosive devices) of the 11th genius, led by Major Michele Manna, provided for the safety and subsequent transport in a quarry about 10 kilometers from the place where it was found for the subsequent blasting occurred in a safety setting.

Due to the technical skills of its staff and the means it has, the 11 ° genius regiment is particularly active in providing its own contribution to public interventions.

Since the beginning of the year the 11 regiment has carried out 62 decontamination interventions on the territory of its competence which extends on the Adriatic side from the province of Chieti to Salento and on the Tyrrhenian side from the province of Potenza to Reggio Calabria.

The army is the only armed force responsible for training the bomb squads of all the armed forces, police forces and armed forces of the state.

In particular, the men of genius, thanks to the experience gained in operational theaters and their marked “dual – use” connotations, operate in favor of the community both in the case of public calamities, and with the reclamation of war residues still widely present in the territory national.

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces