Sonic Boom Heard Across East England as RAF Jet Scrambled

Sonic Boom Heard Across East England as RAF Jet Scrambled
A Typhoon Tranche type 1 fighter jet prepares to land at RAF Coningsby, on October 21, 2008 in Lincolnshire, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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A Royal Air Force jet was scrambled to intercept an aircraft that wasn’t responding to traffic control on Tuesday, breaking the sound barrier and shocking people across the East of England with a sonic boom.

According to the RAF, the Typhoon jet established communications on reaching the civilian aircraft and escorted it to a nearby airport.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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