Bristol Airport has flights disrupted after walker finds unexploded torpedoes
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mirror.co.ukTwo unexploded torpedoes appeared stuck in the mud on the UK coast - causing disruption to a busy airport. Bristol Airport saw "air traffic disruption" after an alarmed coastal walker came across the World War Two explosives near Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset.
A 1.5km exclusion zone was put into force on the ground and in the air, with local farmers asked to stop work, Bristol Live reports.
The Naval Bomb Disposal Team was dispatched from Plymouth to the site at Middle Hope Bay near Sand Point on Saturday morning. Have you come across an unusual find?
Email webnews@mirror.co.uk The passer-by took pictures of the torpedoes and forwarded them to the coastguard, and experts immediately confirmed the items were torpedoes.
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