Port Vila...unexploded WWII bombs in cruise ship lane.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

This report on 5 unexploded bombs in the shipping lane at Port Vila makes for disturbing reading. However I suppose they have been there so long that they pose no danger to the cruise ships....or do they?...:eek:

 

Government slow in addressing unexploded WWII bombs found in busy Vanuatu cruise ship lane

 

A diver in Vanuatu says the increasing number of cruise ships visiting Vanuatu could be in danger from at least five live Second World War bombs at the entrance of Port Vila's busy shipping lane.

 

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-10-04/government-slow-in-addressing-unexploded-wwii-bombs-found-in-busy-vanuatu-cruise-ship-lane/1200232

[Sandielle]

Mmmm, I'd rather be safe than sorry. The Navy should just have detonated them on the quiet! (No pun intended there. :D )

[Vader1111]

They've been there for 60 years. Unless you're stupid enough to go and tap them with a knife (like the divers in the article) then I doubt they'll go off in a hurry. Minimal risk, though they really should be disposed of to eliminate the risk entirely.

[fishtaco]

The seas and oceans are full of them?

[Aus Traveller]

The seas and oceans are full of them?

I hate to think how many bombs are lying on the sea floor around the Solomon Islands and areas of the SW Pacific that saw fighting during WWII. Vanuatu was an Allied base - there wasn't any fighting near there.

[Vader1111]

I hate to think how many bombs are lying on the sea floor around the Solomon Islands and areas of the SW Pacific that saw fighting during WWII. Vanuatu was an Allied base - there wasn't any fighting near there.

 

No ground fighting, but the Japanese may have done bombing raids like they did on Darwin & Broome.

 

More likely they were jettisoned by an American plane just before they came in to land.

[Aus Traveller]

No ground fighting, but the Japanese may have done bombing raids like they did on Darwin & Broome.

 

More likely they were jettisoned by an American plane just before they came in to land.

 

The Japanese did bomb Darwin (64 times) and Broome several times but they did not bomb Vanuatu or get near it by sea.

 

The largest US base in the area was at Luganville. The bombs could have been jettisoned by a US plane. Alternatively, they could be unexploded bombs from training as a there was a lot of training carried out in these islands.

[fanoforion]

Hi, there are 2 plane wrecks in Port Vila Harbour...both good for diving.

one is a WW2 Fighter Bomber, the other a Qantas Sea Plane.

maybe the fighter still had bombs on board.

 

 

 

kind regards, Lorraine:):)