A 'sonic boom' has been heard over Norfolk after an RAF Typhoon raced to intercept a Heathrow-bound flight following a 'bomb threat' on board.
A 'sonic boom' has been heard over Norfolk after an RAF Typhoon raced to intercept a Heathrow-bound flight following a 'bomb threat' on board. The Royal Air Force fighter jet was launched to guide the commercial flight, believed to be an Air India flight from Mumbai, as it circled off the east coast of the UK.The jet's flight path was seen to pass over Norwich at the time of the boom, before circling and heading out to sea.
It comes amid reports that at least 19 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats since Monday.A sonic boom occurs when when shock waves are created after an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound.
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