Very true, but it’s the ‘Big Brother’ thing, the system says that the aircraft might have had ordinance on board, you must prove otherwise.
Many years ago a colleague told me of a hangar not far from my home which had been constructed on reclaimed land after World War 2, by all accounts a UXB lay undisturbed beneath it. The offending item was buried so deep, it was not regarded as a hazard!
The general rule is that ordinance will only be removed if:-
1> They know it is there.
2> In the opinion of the authorities it poses a specific and immediate risk.
Cheers
Eric
I am by no means dismissing the potential hazard, but out of interest, have there been many instances of WWII ordinance exploding, either through disturbance or deterioration, in the UK or Europe in the last 20 or so years?
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