US Navy Accidentally Drops ‘Training Bomb’

An aircraft flying a training mission for the US Navy accidentally dropped what is being referred to as a “training bomb” while flying over Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The plane was coming back to Oceana Naval Air Station when the payload was released. 

Nobody was harmed during the event and the only material damage appears to be superficial damage to a wall next to a warehouse which is being described as having some “chipped paint”.

USA Today is reporting that according to Lt. Cmdr. Dave Nunnally, the incident occurred at about 12:15 p.m on Tuesday. 

The bomb was not live; the device was about a foot and a half long but was not fitted with explosives.  Instead, it was armed with a “smoke charge” that would indicate where the device had been dropped.