Houses shake as RAF fighter jet causes huge sonic boom over Lincolnshire towns – leaving residents terrified
BRITS were shaken to the core tonight after a massive sonic boom rattled homes across the country.
Some claimed their “house moved” after a Eurofighter Typhoon cut through the skies above Lincolnshire.
Brits have been left shaken to the core tonight after a massive sonic boom rattled homes[/caption] FlightRadar shows the plane hit the skies near Grantham and made a circuit down south[/caption]FlightRadar shows the plane – an FGR4 model – took off near Grantham at around 8.30pm.
It stormed down to Milton Keynes before U-turning, cutting up through Luton in Bedfordshire and flying over Peterborough.
One person wrote on Twitter: “Sonic boom over Stamford. Shook the house. He was in a hurry!!”
Another chimed: “Sonic boom! House moved!”
A sonic boom sounds like a sharp crack of thunder and happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound.
The Typhoon – which has a top speed of 1550mph – circled near Spalding before charging up the East coast towards Skegness.
One person claimed they saw a “large orange flash” which stayed for about a minute after the bang.
With a maximum altitude of 55,000ft, the RAF jet travels about 22,000ft higher than what a standard passenger plane cruises at.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is equipped with infrared-guided missiles, laser-guided Paveway bombs and an internal 27mm gun.
The aerial menaces have a range of 1802 miles and are used to intercept Russian aircraft when they buzz UK airspace.
Crack pilots of the death-from-above planes feature in Channel 4’s ‘Top Guns: Inside The RAF‘, broadcast last week.