Two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Coningsby on Friday after a business jet travelling from Nice lost contact with air traffic control, triggering a sonic boom heard across parts of Essex.
The aircraft, a Bombardier Global Express registered T7-SGH in San Marino, was intercepted over Cambridgeshire before being escorted to Stansted Airport. The jet was directed to a remote stand on the northern side of the airfield, away from passenger terminals, where Essex Police officers determined there was nothing of concern.
An RAF spokesperson confirmed that Quick Reaction Alert aircraft had been launched but declined to give further operational details, describing it as an ongoing mission at the time of interception.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain. It is designed to perform both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions and is equipped with advanced avionics, sensor fusion, and a high level of agility for combat manoeuvring. The aircraft first entered RAF service in 2003 and has since become the UK’s primary air defence fighter.
The Typhoon is powered by two Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan engines, each providing up to 20,000 pounds of thrust with afterburner. It is capable of reaching speeds in excess of Mach 2 and has a service ceiling of approximately 55,000 feet. Its range can be extended via in-flight refuelling, enabling extended patrol and interception missions.
In terms of armament, the Typhoon can be equipped with a 27 mm Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon and a variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons, including AIM-120 AMRAAM, Meteor, ASRAAM, Paveway laser-guided bombs and Brimstone missiles. Its advanced Captor-M radar and Defensive Aids Sub-System provide situational awareness and survivability in contested airspace.
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The BBC article is amusing, some folk in the area had their back doors “rattled”, well Boo Hoo or perhaps BOOM Hoo.
Getting your back door “rattled” is no joke, trust me…
#Day5
Wife said she heard it whilst in the loo, I asked If it was Uranus exploding ?
“Boom boom boom shake da room”
I usually send the missus off to the holiday home for a bit of hoovering and dusting.
#OutOfSightOutOfMind
Intercepted over Cambridgeshire? So it had past the potentially prime target, Loandon?
“directed to a remote stand on the northern side of the airfield,”
Interesting. I thought “Compass Base” was used for possible hijacks and other aircraft forced to land, and was located at the southern end, not the north.
Hmmm.
It’s OK, there was already a white flag being waved from the cockpit.
Sacre bleu.
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Hello all,
With the summit between Trump and Putin today, expect “lively” debates—that is, maximum chaos, minimum civility.
Remember: we’re not here for polite discourse. We’re here for high emotions, wild insults, and general emotional whiplash.
Here’s the current arsenal:
• TACO
• Don the Con
• Impotus
• Cheeto-in-Chief
• Hair Führer
• Mango Mussolini
• The Donfather
If these don’t shut the debate down, escalate to the classics: fascist and racist—or all of the above simultaneously.
P.S. Don’t forget: if anyone disagrees with you online, this is violence!
#NotMyPresident
My back door, front door and all the windows rattle when an HGV passes my house doing well over the speed limit. And there’s nobody to complain to. At least the air force is providing a security service. The HGVs are probably just full of rubber dog shit from Hong Kong.
At least we all now know you enjoyed Top Gun the first time around.