Houses shake as RAF fighter jet causes huge sonic boom over Lincolnshire towns – leaving residents terrified

BRITS were shaken to the core tonight after a massive sonic boom rattled homes across the country.

Some claimed their “house moved” after a Eurofighter Typhoon cut through the skies above Lincolnshire.

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Brits have been left shaken to the core tonight after a massive sonic boom rattled homes[/caption]

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FlightRadar shows the plane – an FGR4 model – took off near Grantham at around 8.30pm.

It stormed down to Milton Keynes before U-turning, cutting up through Luton in Bedfordshire and flying over Peterborough.

One person wrote on Twitter: “Sonic boom over Stamford. Shook the house. He was in a hurry!!”

Another chimed: “Sonic boom! House moved!”

A sonic boom sounds like a sharp crack of thunder and happens when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound.

The Typhoon – which has a top speed of 1550mph – circled near Spalding before charging up the East coast towards Skegness.

One person claimed they saw a “large orange flash” which stayed for about a minute after the bang.

With a maximum altitude of 55,000ft, the RAF jet travels about 22,000ft higher than what a standard passenger plane cruises at.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is equipped with infrared-guided missiles, laser-guided Paveway bombs and an internal 27mm gun.

The aerial menaces have a range of 1802 miles and are used to intercept Russian aircraft when they buzz UK airspace.

Crack pilots of the death-from-above planes feature in Channel 4’s ‘Top Guns: Inside The RAF‘, broadcast last week.