Large explosion heard up by Ticknell Piece

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:27

www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2016-04-08/reports-of-possible-sonic-boom-in-oxfordshire/

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:25

RAF Benson tweets: Reports of #explosion in #Oxford #Witney #MiltonKeynes #Bicester #Abingdon was an aircraft in a hurry causing a sonic boom

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:22

Can't believe how loud it was!

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:21

Helicopter pilot must have felt a bit silly! "He said the aircraft were already on their way to the helicopter by the time the helicopter pilot realised he was transmitting on the wrong frequency and switched to the correct one."

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:12 (last edited on Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:18)

Typhoon sonic boom behind mysterious bang reports - MoD

12 April 2012

From the section England

A loud bang which sparked a deluge of calls to emergency services across a large part of England was a sonic boom from a Typhoon aircraft, the MoD said.

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Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:11

Thank goodness, thought it was just my imagination, since had been in my sick bed half asleep

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:08

It was heard across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire looking at twitter, definitely a sonic boom.

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:07

Definitly a sonic boom, looks like Mr Putin playing silly people again.

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 16:06

And in Kidlington, too, apparently.

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 15:59

Yes, the house shook!

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 15:58

sonic boom, we think? (rattled my windows on the Green)

Fri 8 Apr 2016, 15:56

Any one else hear this about 5 mins ago?