A sound was heard on a boom Essex After two RAF The fighter jets scrambled to prevent a private jet that lost contact with air traffic control.
Two Storm Jets flew from Raf Consby, LincolnshireTo make a blockage of one San Marino-Agster aircraft over Cambrideshire Friday morning.
Southern Essex, resident of Cambrisshire, Suffolk, Kent And in parts of London Around 11.35 am reported the hearing of the blast.
Dartford, Essex’s Jenny Coxel, was at home, when she heard a strong “vacuum-style” explosion and thought that someone had killed her garage.
“I felt that someone was killing our garage, but when I went out, all our neighbors were on the road, wondering what happened,” he told that he told Kent online,
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A sonic boom occurs when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound, causing shockwaves that are rapidly compressed and disintegrate the air.
An RAF spokesperson said that civilian aircraft had survived safely Stanstad Airport It then lost contact with air traffic control.
“We can confirm that the RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon Fighter Aircraft from RAF Coningsby was initiated today to check a civilian aircraft that was not exposed to air traffic control,” he said.
The speed of sound is about 660mph (1,060 km/h) at 60,000 feet (18,300 m), but can vary depending on the height.
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