What is a sonic boom, and how does it happen? - CBS News
WEBJun 5, 2023 · The loud, blaring sound that people on the ground can hear and sometimes feel when an aircraft or a meteor flies overhead at supersonic speeds is called a sonic boom, according to NASA.
Mysterious sonic booms rattle SoCal coast, and more are coming
WEBJun 11, 2024 · Space Force officials have admitted that sonic booms from Vandenberg affect over 100 miles of California coast, just as SpaceX aims to ramp up launches.
Fighter jets scrambled near D.C. to check off-course private ... - NBC News
WEBJun 5, 2023 · The Washington, D.C.,-region was rattled Sunday afternoon by a blast that officials said was a sonic boom from fighter jets scrambling to check a private plane's unexpected flight path.
Sonic boom in D.C. region caused by F-16s intercepting Cessna
WEBJun 5, 2023 · Fighter jets from Joint Base Andrews were scrambled to intercept a private plane over Virginia on Sunday afternoon, causing a sonic boom that reverberated across the area, North American...
Sonic boom over DC: No survivors found after ... - Associated Press News
WEBJun 5, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble fighter jets before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region.
Virginia plane crash, scrambled F-16s and a sonic boom; what we …
WEBJun 5, 2023 · A sonic boom from the pursuing jets startled residents across Washington and parts of Maryland and Virginia as the warplanes shadowed the unresponsive plane, firing off flares in an...
Investigators Seek Answers About Plane Crash That Followed Sonic Boom …
WEBJun 4, 2023 · Federal authorities on Monday were investigating what caused an unresponsive private aircraft to fly over Washington, D.C., on Sunday, triggering a response by military jets that caused a sonic...
Sonic boom as US fighter jets intercept plane that later crashed - BBC
WEBJun 5, 2023 · US fighter jets scrambled at supersonic speed to intercept an unresponsive plane as it flew over Washington DC on Sunday. The F-16 jets caused a loud sonic boom that was heard around the...
Sonic boom: F-16s investigate unresponsive plane in ... - ABC News
WEBJun 4, 2023 · A loud noise around Washington, D.C., on Sunday may have been a sonic boom from F-16s investigating an aircraft in a restricted area, a U.S. official said.
What is a sonic boom? The history behind the soon | AP News
WEBJun 5, 2023 · People living in and around Washington D.C. experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched a fighter jet on Sunday, June 4, 2023, to intercept an unresponsive business plane that was flying over restricted airspace.