{"id":138887,"date":"2019-12-02T05:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T02:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7744247\/Pilot-flight-Israel-sparked-RAF-sonic-boom-response-says-nearly-heart-attack.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ito=1490&amp;ns_campaign=1490"},"modified":"2019-12-02T05:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T02:48:37","slug":"pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/so\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot on flight from Israel which sparked RAF sonic boom response says he &#8216;nearly had heart attack&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The pilot of a flight from Israel which last night prompted the RAF to go supersonic over southern England has spoken of his shock at seeing two fighter jets on his wing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire in the early hours of Sunday, causing panic from London to Brighton as a sonic boom thundered in the skies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The&nbsp;unresponsive Boeing 767 was being flown from Tel Aiv to New Hampshire, USA, by Jet Test, an aircraft ferrying company which moves planes from seller to buyer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jet Test pilot, Steven Giordano, told the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-50622110\">BBC<\/a>: &#8216;I looked left and about had a heart attack when I saw one &#8211; so close &#8211; strobes on and with blueish &#8220;glow strips&#8221; along the side of his fuselage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We flashed our landing lights to acknowledge and established radio contact on &#8220;guard&#8221;&#8230; with the fighters. We were already talking to London control at that point. They remained with us for about five minutes.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1c6cf63ac72a1d64\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-1.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pilot Steven Giordano (pictured) said: 'I looked left and about had a heart attack when I saw one - so close - strobes on and with blueish &quot;glow strips&quot; along the side of his fuselage'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1c6cf63ac72a1d64\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-1.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pilot Steven Giordano (pictured) said: 'I looked left and about had a heart attack when I saw one - so close - strobes on and with blueish &quot;glow strips&quot; along the side of his fuselage'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pilot Steven Giordano (pictured) said: &#8216;I looked left and about had a heart attack when I saw one &#8211; so close &#8211; strobes on and with blueish &#8220;glow strips&#8221; along the side of his fuselage&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-604d1030a9fb00bb\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-2.jpg\" height=\"527\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Thousands of people across the capital and the Home Counties were woken by what sounded like a 'large 'explosion' in early hours of Sunday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-604d1030a9fb00bb\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-2.jpg\" height=\"527\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Thousands of people across the capital and the Home Counties were woken by what sounded like a 'large 'explosion' in early hours of Sunday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Thousands of people across the capital and the Home Counties were woken by what sounded like a &#8216;large &#8216;explosion&#8217; in early hours of Sunday&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3719c06fbf6b679f\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-3.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A sonic boom is a thunder-like noise a person on the ground hears when an aircraft or other type of aerospace vehicle flies overhead faster than the speed of sound. Two Eurofighter Typhoons are seen in this stock image\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3719c06fbf6b679f\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-3.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A sonic boom is a thunder-like noise a person on the ground hears when an aircraft or other type of aerospace vehicle flies overhead faster than the speed of sound. Two Eurofighter Typhoons are seen in this stock image\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A sonic boom is a thunder-like noise a person on the ground hears when an aircraft or other type of aerospace vehicle flies overhead faster than the speed of sound. Two Eurofighter Typhoons are seen in this stock image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9815cbe6abf92cf1\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-4.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The unresponsive Boeing 767 was being flown from Tel Aiv to New Hampshire, USA, by Jet Test, an aircraft ferrying company which moves planes from seller to buyer (pictured: a jet without livery, as the Boeing may have appeared in the sky because it was being sold on from an Israeli airline to an American buyer)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9815cbe6abf92cf1\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-4.jpg\" height=\"374\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The unresponsive Boeing 767 was being flown from Tel Aiv to New Hampshire, USA, by Jet Test, an aircraft ferrying company which moves planes from seller to buyer (pictured: a jet without livery, as the Boeing may have appeared in the sky because it was being sold on from an Israeli airline to an American buyer)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The unresponsive Boeing 767 was being flown from Tel Aiv to New Hampshire, USA, by Jet Test, an aircraft ferrying company which moves planes from seller to buyer (pictured: a jet without livery, as the Boeing may have appeared in the sky because it was being sold on from an Israeli airline to an American buyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Giordano, a former airline pilot and&nbsp;US Marine Corps Reservist, said it had taken them around 10 minutes to realise there was an issue with the radio which started somewhere over Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It then took another ten minutes for them to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Giordano, from New Jersey, praised the speed with which the RAF scrambled to his plane&#8217;s location, telling the BBC: &#8216;I applaud them for that.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Thousands&nbsp;of people across the capital and the Home Counties were woken by what sounded like a &#8216;large &#8216;explosion&#8217; in early hours of Sunday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bang was heard at about 4.20am, rocking homes, setting off car alarms and sparking panic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Metropolitan Police reassured people when it revealed the bang was caused by RAF planes which were scrambled to intercept an aeroplane flying over the city that lost communications with air traffic control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The loud bang heard throughout north London and surrounding areas was the result of a sonic boom from RAF planes,&#8217; it tweeted. &#8216;There is no cause for concern.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c143df7bc4256405\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-5.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The flight path of the Boeing 767-300 from Tel Aviv on its way to Portsmouth, New Hampshire\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c143df7bc4256405\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-5.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The flight path of the Boeing 767-300 from Tel Aviv on its way to Portsmouth, New Hampshire\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The flight path of the Boeing 767-300 from Tel Aviv on its way to Portsmouth, New Hampshire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2c8c1ab496fd67e9\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-6.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire were the source of the sonic boom. The boom could be heard as far south as Brighton\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2c8c1ab496fd67e9\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-6.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire were the source of the sonic boom. The boom could be heard as far south as Brighton\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire were the source of the sonic boom. The boom could be heard as far south as Brighton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-56ec69b7d3d045ba\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-7.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\" alt=\"To create a sonic boom the Typhoons had to go faster than the speed of sound, Mach 1, or&nbsp;767 miles per hour (pictured: a jet taking off at&nbsp;RAF Coningsby)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-56ec69b7d3d045ba\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-7.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\" alt=\"To create a sonic boom the Typhoons had to go faster than the speed of sound, Mach 1, or&nbsp;767 miles per hour (pictured: a jet taking off at&nbsp;RAF Coningsby)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">To create a sonic boom the Typhoons had to go faster than the speed of sound, Mach 1, or&nbsp;767 miles per hour (pictured: a jet taking off at&nbsp;RAF Coningsby)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2e44e9acf2ef1300\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-8.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A file photo of a Boeing 767 without any livery - the plane which the RAF went to intercept early on Sunday morning would have been without markings on the way to its new buyer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2e44e9acf2ef1300\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-8.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A file photo of a Boeing 767 without any livery - the plane which the RAF went to intercept early on Sunday morning would have been without markings on the way to its new buyer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A file photo of a Boeing 767 without any livery &#8211; the plane which the RAF went to intercept early on Sunday morning would have been without markings on the way to its new buyer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-547f24e4699746ec\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-9.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-547f24e4699746ec\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-9.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e9c7d2aa11e2934b\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-10.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Metropolitan Police reassured people when it revealed the bang was caused by RAF planes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e9c7d2aa11e2934b\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-10.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Metropolitan Police reassured people when it revealed the bang was caused by RAF planes\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Metropolitan Police reassured people when it revealed the bang was caused by RAF planes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91427302b0e85d3d\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-11.jpg\" height=\"318\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91427302b0e85d3d\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-11.jpg\" height=\"318\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An RAF spokesman said: &#8216;Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby were scrambled this morning, as part of the UK&#8217;s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) procedures, after an aircraft lost communications in UK airspace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The aircraft was intercepted and its communications were subsequently re-established.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The Typhoons are returning to their base.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to technologist Alp Toker, a Boeing 767-300 from&nbsp;Tel Aviv lost contact with air traffic control at 3.50am, and 10 minutes later at 4am,&nbsp;RAF Coningsby scrambled Typhoons to meet it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The sonic boom was heard at 4.18am, and at 4.20am the plane safely passed central London and continued its journey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news\" data-version=\"2\" id=\"mol-1a398fc0-1484-11ea-b3ac-5b677bd59f68\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7744247\/Pilot-flight-Israel-sparked-RAF-sonic-boom-response-says-nearly-heart-attack.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">Incident timeline&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Technologist <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atoker\">Alp Toker<\/a> tweeted this timeline:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">3.50am &#8211;<\/span> Boeing 767-300 from Tel Aviv lost contact with air traffic control<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">4am &#8211;<\/span> RAF Coningsby scrambled Typhoons to meet the aircraft<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">4.18am &#8211;<\/span> Sonic boom is heard across London at the Home Counties<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">4.20am &#8211;<\/span> Aircraft safely passed central London and continued its journey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Twitter user Natasha wrote: &#8216;Just been woken up by a massive explosion in North West London. Anyone else heard it?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Omar Choudhry tweeted: &#8216;Can hear helicopters now in NW LONDON and my wife can hear sirens too. Worrying when you have kids hearing that dang #explosion.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I live in hertfordshire and was on phone to someone in central london,&#8217; Mike wrote. &#8216;I heard explosion 10-15 seconds before they did.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another, Nick Cowan added: &#8216;Anyone in NW London know what that noise was? Sounded like an explosion and it shook the house? Heart pounding. Not good.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And J.Ward wrote: &#8216;Just heard explosion in Hertfordshire. Reports that it&#8217;s been heard in London too. Mad. Windows shook. Thought plane had exploded above or something.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The sonic boom could be heard from Brighton to Cambridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3a2c625284cc634b\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-12.jpg\" height=\"215\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3a2c625284cc634b\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-12.jpg\" height=\"215\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-96e36752daaaf229\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-13.jpg\" height=\"218\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-96e36752daaaf229\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-13.jpg\" height=\"218\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e0a66689a61ec341\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-14.jpg\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3fb900c53d24da17\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-23.jpg\" height=\"281\" width=\"632\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3fb905c568065037\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-24.jpg\" height=\"245\" width=\"632\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3fb905c568065037\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-24.jpg\" height=\"245\" width=\"632\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-683aa970a2da215\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-25.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-683aa970a2da215\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-25.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-33fd460aa45daf26\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-26.jpg\" height=\"273\" width=\"632\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-33fd460aa45daf26\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-26.jpg\" height=\"273\" width=\"632\" alt class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The&nbsp;Metropolitan Police initially tweeted: &#8216;We are aware of reports of a loud bang in the north London area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There are no reports of an explosion and police are looking into the incident. There is no cause for public concern.&#8217;<span class=\"mol-style-bold\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this year, two&nbsp;RAF Typhoon fighter jets caused sonic booms over the east of England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Typhoons&#8217; Quick Reaction Alert caused sonic booms across the east coast as they raced south from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Police across Essex received numerous 999 calls reporting an explosion, but the noise was believed to be the two RAF jets breaking the sound barrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Depending on the aircraft&#8217;s altitude, a sonic boom will be heard at ground level two to 60 seconds after it breaks the speed of sound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The distance from which the boom can be heard is approximately one mile per 1,000 feet of altitude.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Therefore a supersonic aircraft travelling at an altitude of 30,000 feet would cause a lateral boom of about 30 miles.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-aa9747effc5fba1d\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-27.jpg\" height=\"874\" width=\"632\" alt=\"The Typhoons were scrambled after an aeroplane flying from Tel Aviv to Arizona lost communications with air traffic control\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-aa9747effc5fba1d\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-27.jpg\" height=\"874\" width=\"632\" alt=\"The Typhoons were scrambled after an aeroplane flying from Tel Aviv to Arizona lost communications with air traffic control\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Typhoons were scrambled after an aeroplane flying from Tel Aviv to Arizona lost communications with air traffic control<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-afecb92296d976fe\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-28.jpg\" height=\"363\" width=\"632\" alt=\"It is believed two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire (stock image) were the source of the sonic boom\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-afecb92296d976fe\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pilot-on-flight-from-israel-which-sparked-raf-sonic-boom-response-says-he-nearly-had-heart-attack-28.jpg\" height=\"363\" width=\"632\" alt=\"It is believed two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire (stock image) were the source of the sonic boom\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It is believed two Eurofighter Typhoons taking off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire (stock image) were the source of the sonic boom&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"art-ins mol-factbox news\" data-version=\"2\" id=\"mol-465969e0-13fd-11ea-99d4-af4e40b134d3\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7744247\/Pilot-flight-Israel-sparked-RAF-sonic-boom-response-says-nearly-heart-attack.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">What is a sonic boom?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A sonic boom is a thunder-like noise a person on the ground hears when an aircraft or other type of aerospace vehicle flies overhead faster than the speed of sound, or &#8216;supersonic.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Air reacts like fluid to supersonic objects. As those objects travel through the air, molecules are pushed aside with great force and this forms a shock wave, much like a boat creates a wake in water. The bigger and heavier the aircraft, the more air it displaces.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The shock wave forms a &#8216;cone&#8217; of pressurized or built-up air molecules, which move outward and rearward in all directions and extend all the way to the ground.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As this cone spreads across the landscape along the flight path, it creates a continu\u00adous sonic boom along the full width of the cone&#8217;s base. The sharp release of pressure, after the buildup by the shock wave, is heard as the sonic boom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The change in air pressure associated with a sonic boom is only a few pounds per square foot &#8211; about the same pressure change experienced riding an elevator down two or three floors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is the rate of change, the sudden changing of the pressure, which makes the sonic boom audible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-016-DFRC.html\">Source: NASA&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pilot of a flight from Israel which last night prompted the RAF to go supersonic over southern England has spoken of his shock at seeing two fighter jets on his wing. 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