Warplane Drops Bomb on Bosnia by Mistake
<i> Reuters</i>
BRCKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina —
A U.S. warplane on a training exercise accidentally dropped a 500-pound bomb Saturday near an American army base in rural northeastern Bosnia. No one was hurt, U.S. Army officers said.
The bomb loosed by the carrier-based F-18 jet exploded about 660 feet from the base, which is part of the NATO-led force in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The bomb hit an earthen embankment and blew away the top third of it.
Shrapnel battered a nearby sandbagged combat position maintained by U.S. troops, who were not at the post.
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