{"id":17000,"date":"2018-09-17T14:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=17000"},"modified":"2018-09-19T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T06:24:11","slug":"duct-and-cover-wwii-bomb-gives-openreach-fibre-engineers-a-fright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/09\/duct-and-cover-wwii-bomb-gives-openreach-fibre-engineers-a-fright.html","title":{"rendered":"Duct and Cover – WWII Bomb Gives Openreach Fibre Engineers a Fright"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the list of things that telecoms engineers dread finding, unexploded bombs from World War II must surely feature right at the top. Such munitions are potentially very unstable and the heavy bombing campaigns of the past mean that even today people are still discovering them across the UK.<\/p>\n

In the past people dug trenches to hide from bombs but today we’re digging much smaller ones in order to deploy new fibre optic (FTTP<\/a> \/ FTTC<\/a>) broadband ISP cables. This is precisely what Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>) Supervisor, Russell Keil, was doing in the rural Lincolnshire village of West Pinchbeck<\/strong> when their trench digging machine (Ditch Witch<\/strong>) suddenly unearthed a mysterious object (pictured top).<\/p>\n

Sadly the object wasn’t a harmless piece of old metal pipework and instead turned out to be an unexploded two-inch mortar from WWII (even though it looks more like a grease gun), although Russell and his team didn’t know that at the time.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Russell Keil said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I was using a Ditch Witch to dig a trench when it turned over what I thought was an obsolete joint. I knew something wasn\u2019t quite right so took a closer look and that\u2019s when I realised it looked very much like a bomb from an online simulation game I play in my spare time.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t believe it was a bomb and wondered about calling the police because I didn\u2019t want to waste their time. But I\u2019m glad I did. It was also a relief when I got home that evening and got the call to say that the mortar had been fully tested for chemicals and hazardous substances and fortunately we had nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

My advice to anyone in the same situation is trust your gut and call 999.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly the two-inch mortar was traditionally more of an infantry weapon used by allied troops (you’d drop the mortar bomb down a metal cylinder \u2013 angled in the direction of travel – and then it would shoot upwards towards its target.. hopefully), which to us suggests that it might have been left behind accidentally (any history buffs have an opinion?). The Nazis had a different looking system and munition.<\/p>\n

The good news is that Russell and his team were able to resume work shortly after the bomb disposal squad had done their wonderful job to make the area safe again. The regional Onlincolnshire<\/a> project is currently working toward ensuring that 97% of premises in Lincolnshire can access a “superfast broadband<\/em>” (24Mbps+<\/strong>) network by December 2019 (details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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