RAF jets escorting plane to Stansted after communications lost caused massive bang, thought to be a sonic boom, heard across England
Lee Shellard, from Syston, Leicester, said he was watching TV when he heard the bang."But it wasn't like an earthquake, more like a big lorry had gone past. So we nipped outside to see what had happened and other people were looking out of their windows as wellDepartures from Gatwick airport were reportedly suspended for 15 minutes earlier.
"We initially thought the boiler had blown up, but I could hear a jet overhead so realised it was probably a sonic boom."A sonic boom is caused when planes fly faster than the speed of sound, which at ground level is around 761mph. "I'm ex-military, so I immediately 'jumped on my belt buckle' that's a move where I jumped straight down stomach to the floor," she said.Anne Marie Oostveen near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, told the BBC her "whole house shook"."There is some building work going on nearby so at first I just thought there was a skip being delivered to the yard next door."My cat just looked up and then went back to sleep.
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