Anyone else hear the bang at 21:50 today?

[Harry Bloomfield]

Seems it is suggested to have been sonic boom from scambled Typhoons.

[Tim Streater]

[polygonum]

No - didn't hear it.

Reports of a sonic boom been heard over Doncaster and Leeds are filtering through over social media following a QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) Typhoon scramble.

RAF Conningsbury has confirmed that QRA Typhoons were scrambled this evening, possibly down to an aircraft?s Mode-S Transponder been turned off which could indicate a hijack.

It is normal for Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons to be given Authority to break the sound barrier over land when scrambled & to be heard!!!

? RAF Coningsby Info (@EGXCinfo) 2 May 2016

Many local residents reported that their house had literally been shook by the noise of the Typhoon breaking the speed of sound.

Early reports indicate that Air France flight AF1558 from Paris to Newcastle could have been the reason for the typhoons being deployed.

UPDATE CityJet #AF1558 declared an emergency, now on final approach to Newcastle. Live: https://t.co/Ujl9thvCIj pic.twitter.com/lbE1Eve5mi

? AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) 18 February 2016

[A.Lee]

No, it was Leicester fans shouting when Chelsea equalised, then the ref blew the final whistle.

[Bob Eager]

Seems to have landed OK.

[Davey]

Certainly didn't hear it in Suffolk. Typhoons and Tornadoes (and Raptors) live very close to here.

[damduck-egg]

Or ARW either driving home or bawling out an apprentice.

G.Harman

[polygonum]

[Harry Bloomfield]

Tim Streater a écrit :

To the east of Leeds - on the border of West and North Yorkshire. There were reports of buildings being shaken, windows rattling and one of glass being shattered.

Here I was in the kitchen near the boiler, the door of our boiler cupboard rattled, the noise seemed to come from our boiler, so I thought our boiler had exploded lol

[Brian Gaff]

Where was this? Maybe it was a local wind turbine spinning so fast the tip of the blade broke the sound barrier? Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Back in the 60s you could regularly hear sonic booms on Bognor beach from experiments being undertaken by aircraft out of Farnborough performing supersonic flights just off the coast. Brian

[The Natural Philosopher]

Now you are taking the piss.

[F]

Just disappointed it was in the dark and, seeing as this year's display has just been cleared as fit for human consumption, they didn't put one on on their way back.

[newshound]

And in Bristol in the early 70's we regularly heard the double boom from the early evening out-going Concorde as it opened up over the Bristol Channel.

[Davey]

Thanks. The OP gave no hint. It was on the News today, with explanation.

[BobH]

East Leeds and Garforth.

[tim...]

we used to hear that in London :-)

tim

[ARW]

[ARW]

Total silence in Barnsley. Not even my CCTV picked it up.

Now Donny got it as did Normanton.

[Murmansk]

In North Leeds it sounded like those big fireworks that are sent up via a mortar - but a lot louder. I thought it must have been a gas explosion about half a mile away.