Dangerous aviation arsenal found again in Kovel. Seven aerial bombs from World War II have been discovered in the very same place where a deadly find was made a year ago – in the Turiya River near the railway bridge. This time the bombs are lying on the other side of the bridge. As last year, the bombs were found by chance. They were spotted in the murky water by diving enthusiast Volodymyr Savosiuk, who works as a television cameraman. According to him, the deadly cargo lies at a great depth not far from the railway bridge. It appears that the bombs on the river bottom are FAB-100s, each weighing 100 kilograms.
The site of the find is now under reinforced guard. Yaroslav Supruniuk from the district department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told us that these days a survey of the Turiya water area is under way, after which it will be decided what to do with the bombs. Let me remind you that last year the rescue operation in Kovel lasted almost a week. It is interesting that at that time the emergency workers appealed to the leadership of the Lviv Railway with a request to organize a survey of the river bottom near this bridge. The people of Kovel received a bureaucratic brush-off in response.
By the way, these days Serhiy Tkachuk, who defused the dangerous find last year, received a wing of inspiration in the nomination "Citizen of the Year 2004" during the awarding of the laureates of "Person of the Year of the Volyn Region."