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 JUNE 2006 


  WEEK ONE  
 Unexploded WW2 German Bomb Unearthed at UK Building Site
 Forces Closure of Nearby London City Airport and Rail Station

 June 2  2006
An unexploded World War Two bomb found by workers on a building site at Seagull Lane Canning Town in London caused the shutdown of local train and air services from the nearby City Airport
 
The area was cordoned off while emergency services arranged for demolition of the 'historic' relic

 
The public transport system (as in planes-trains) remained closed for several hours as a result

 
News Desk Comment
Dangerous relics from the world's most intensive air-battle - the Battle of Britain - are still been unearthed more than 65 years after the event that almost cost England the war

Media:- BBC
Northern Territory's Bathurst Island Airstrip Claims Pilot and A36 Aircraft

 June 1  2006
The Northern Territory Police have confirmed that a light aircraft crashed just short of the Nguiu airstrip on Bathurst Island north of Darwin
 
The Beech A36's Emergency Location Transmitter (ELT) activated around 0900hrs

 
The 48 year-old pilot - the only person on board - did not survive
 
"An ATSB team of investigators has been deployed to the crash site which is about 75km north of Darwin"

Media:- NT Police Department - ATSB B36 Image

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