Sonic Boom heard across 3 English counties

[lemons]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22926813

"Loud explosions" heard across the east of England were caused by a sonic boom when a jet broke the sound barrier.

The noise, at 11:30 BST, caused shaking and smashed windows and prompted calls to police in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.

The Ministry of Defence said a Typhoon jet from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire was launched when communication was lost with a Heathrow-bound plane.

It is understood the plane, travelling from the USA, landed without incident.

Air traffic controllers had become concerned but communication was re-established with the passenger airliner and there were no problems on boar.........................

I heard this myself, was quite loud

[-:Undertaker:-]

I've heard jets/older jets fly overhead before and they are amazingly loud - take that from somebody who has helicopters constantly hovering over his house during the Aintree Races.

[Sieglinde]

Didn't hear this but tbh I half wished I did

[Cerys]

Always hear jets going off etc when at my nans as she lives in lincolnshire, so there's always really cool planes going over!!

Didn't hear this, though ;;

[Kardan]

Always hear jets going off etc when at my nans as she lives in lincolnshire, so there's always really cool planes going over!!

Didn't hear this, though ;;

I think you didn't hear it because it was a few hundred miles south of you?

[Samantha.]

I hear jets quite a bit but I bet it was really loud especially if it managed to smash windows!

[Cerys]

I think you didn't hear it because it was a few hundred miles south of you?

I know, I didn't expect to hear it either.

[Disaronno]

Yea i heard that in Enfield. Bloody loud.

[lemons]

Yea i heard that in Enfield. Bloody loud.

lolz I live in Enfield to

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my dog got all shifty when it happened to

[AgnesIO]

I didn't hear it haha, not sure how I missed it ;l Obviously too busy revising.