Huge explosion is heard over Cornwall from ‘Sonic boom caused by RAF jet’ as shocked residents tell how houses shook
- A number of locals took to social media to report hearing noise in Bude today
- Some told how their houses shook following the incident at around midday
- Sonic boom occurs when an object travels through the air at a speed of 770mph
Houses shook today after a sonic boom, apparently caused by an RAF jet, rocked a town in Cornwall.
A number of locals took to social media to report hearing a ‘big explosion’ in Bude.
One wrote: ‘Sonic boom over North Cornwall 5 mins ago… certainly shook the house.’
A spokesman for the RAF said it was looking into the incident in Cornwall this afternoon
One Twitter user wrote: ‘Sonic boom over North Cornwall 5 mins ago… certainly shook the house’
A second said: ‘Big explosion just shook my house – turns out the RAF are buggering about nearby and it was a sonic boom. Cool!’
Another wrote: ‘Big bang at 12.15pm – shook our poor old cottage so much, I thought the chimney had fallen over! Sounds like there’s a couple of jets recreating a scene from Top Gun! Keep the noise down guys! #sonicboom’
Another said: ‘Something to do with the jets or something some sort of sonic boom literally thought I was gonna die.’
A third added: ‘Big explosion just shook my house – turns out the RAF are buggering about nearby and it was a sonic boom. Cool!’
Another wrote: ‘Big bang at 12.15pm – shook our poor old cottage so much, I thought the chimney had fallen over! Sounds like there’s a couple of jets recreating a scene from Top Gun! Keep the noise down guys! #sonicboom’
A sonic boom occurs when the sound barrier is broken, meaning when an object travels through the air at a speed of 770mph.
A spokesman for the RAF said it was looking into the incident.
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