2023-06-04 23:48:22
Two American fighter jets cause a sonic boom
Two fighter jets attempted to intercept an unresponsive aircraft in the Washington area, setting off a sonic boom.
The noise made by the two fighter jets was heard for miles around in the Washington area.
AFP
Residents of the federal capital of the United States and its suburbs have reported hearing a thunderous noise that rattled windows and walls for miles around and raised many questions on social networks.
“Powerful noise”
The aircraft took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee (east), to reach Long Island, New York State (northeast), according to the FAA. Flight tracking websites showed the private jet turned back after reaching its destination, heading south.
“The loud noise that was heard in the Washington metro area was caused by an authorized Department of Defense flight. This flight caused a supersonic boom,” said the Emergency Management Office of the city of Annapolis, located some 50 km east of the federal capital, on Twitter.
The aircraft the fighters were trying to intercept crashed near Montebello, Virginia, about 270 km southwest of Washington, around 3:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. Swiss time), the FAA reported. No information has yet been released about the pilot and any passengers on the aircraft. Preliminary information is to be released shortly by the FAA and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
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