03/01/2024 Stati Uniti (United States-USA), California (CA), Santa Cruz County
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A World War II-era practice bomb washed ashore on a California beach on New Year’s Eve after dangerously high waves threatened much of the state’s coast over the holiday weekend. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office’s bomb team responded to a call at Pajaro Dunes, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Monterey, around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Ashley Keehn. Bomb team technicians discovered an ordnance item that is believed to be a practice bomb. The Travis Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was summoned to examine the bomb because of its size and degraded state, Keehn told USA TODAY on Tuesday. After an on-site visual inspection and an X-ray scan, technicians determined the bomb was inactive and was free of explosives, according to an Air Force public affairs spokesperson. The item was identified as a U.S. World War II-era Navy practice bomb, the Air Force spokesperson said. Once the bomb was determined to be safe, it was removed from the beach and retained with the Travis Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
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