Overview
- Changi Airport Group said Thursday morning’s controlled disposal was completed successfully and flight operations continued as normal.
- The Singapore Armed Forces’ bomb squad found a 250kg World War II aerial bomb during construction at 4:55am on Tuesday along Tanah Merah Coast Road.
- SAF specialists judged the device unsafe to move and set an on-site disposal window from 2:30am to 4:30am on Thursday at the Changi East worksite.
- Police said the blast would stay contained to the site, advised that loud sounds were expected, and noted that public areas were not affected.
- Authorities from the police, SAF, CAAS, CAG, and SCDF coordinated the response, reflecting Singapore’s standard approach to wartime ordnance uncovered during redevelopment.