Germany: Tegel Airport says flights to go ahead while WW2 bomb defused

Flights from Berlin's Tegel airport can go ahead as planned on Friday while a World War Two bomb is defused in the German capital, airport authorities said on Thursday. The 500-kilogram British bomb was found during construction work near the city's central train station. All buildings within an 800-metre radius will be evacuated from 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Friday, police said. "Good news: The originally coordinated Tegel flight plan for tomorrow can take place as planned," the airport operator told passengers via Twitter. Air traffic controllers and the airport had agreed a procedure to make flights possible. Planes coming in to land at Tegel, which is about 7 km from the central station, would need to avoid flying over the site where disposal work was being carried out. But the DFS air traffic control authority said usual take-off and landing routes should not be affected. The DFS spokeswoman said airlines may need to fly with greater separation between planes than usual during that time.<br/>