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Typhoon jets' sonic boom behind ‘explosion’ heard across the south-east
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TWO Typhoon jets that were scrambled to an aircraft that had lost communications caused a sonic boom in the early hours of this morning, causing a loud “explosion” that shook houses.

The RAF said the fighter planes were deployed from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire shortly before 4.10am.

The aircraft were the cause of an explosion-like sound which was heard across vast swathes of south-east England, with Hertfordshire fire and rescue service receiving a “large number” of calls.

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