23/01/2022 Regno Unito, Inghilterra, Norfolk
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Fishermen were “fortunate not to be killed” when their boat was thrown about by the blast from a World War Two bomb, a report states. The 15m (49ft) Galwad-Y-Mor was hauling in crab pots off the Norfolk coast when the line disturbed an unexploded bomb on the seabed on 15 December 2020. Five crew members were injured, including one left blinded in one eye. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said their preparedness “saved lives”. The crew, who had set out from Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, were pulling in a string of 100 crab pots about 22 miles (35km) north-east of Cromer when they felt tension on the main line. The skipper was increasing the engine speed in an attempt to free the rope, when there was an explosion and three loud bangs, the MAIB report says. The explosion deformed the hull, flooded the engine room and caused severe “shock damage” to the interior.
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