On 6 Jun, 09:31, Mizter T wrote:
"World War II bomb to be exploded"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7439249.stm

---quote---
An explosion will be carried out on a World War II bomb that continues
to disrupt travel in east London.

The large bomb was found in a river at Sugar House Lane, near Bromley-
by-Bow Tube station on Monday.

It will be defused after a "small" explosion by 15 Royal Engineers
experts. Earlier this week the bomb began ticking as they approached
it.
[...]
The 1,000kg (2,200lb) device was the largest unexploded World War II
bomb to be found in central London for 30 years.

A 200m (656ft) cordon is in place around the bomb and its discovery
has disrupted rush-hour travel since Monday.
[continues...]
---/quote---

As the article indicates, bomb disposal experts have been trying to
deal with this overnight since Monday, in an attempt to limit
disruption on the adjacent Underground (District & H&C) and c2c lines.
However it looks like they've made the decision to deal with it once
and for all.

I understand that early and late Underground and c2c services have
been cancelled over the past few days, and now all Underground
services are suspended between Plaistow and Whitechapel whilst c2c
services are suspended between Barking and Fenchurch Street.

The bomb meanwhile was found in the mud in one of the waterways at
Three Mills. It was discovered as a result of works going on to
upgrade these waterways so they can be used to deliver construction
materials to the Olympic Park site a bit further north. One wonders
just how many more unexploded wartime bombs might be found on the
Olympic site, in particular in the many waterways that run through the
site.

A policeman on the local television news yesterday was stressing just
how potentially dangerous this bomb was, and was also full of praise
for another guy (I presume one of the bomb disposal team) who had
earlier gone back to inspect the bomb four times despite its highly
dangerous condition (I think this was after it had started ticking).


Rather than saying the bomb had started ticketing I suspect more
accurate way of describing it is to say that the fuse appeared to have
been armed / activated. I'm afraid I'm not much of an expert in
unexploded ordinance so whilst it did sound rather odd for all I know
the bomb was/is actually ticking. Contributions of those more
knowledgeable in these matters are of course welcome!