RAF fighter jets intercepted Russian planes near the coast of Scotland. The Typhoons were launched from Leuchars Station in Fife after two Russian planes were spotted flying in UK airspace yesterday.
Concerned residents across Perthshire, Fife and Tayside reported hearing a ‘massive bang’ which some mistook for an earthquake.
But the loud bang was actually the sonic boom created by the jets, which were travelling north faster than the speed of sound.Dozens of worried Scots took to social media in a bid to find out what caused the explosion-like sound.Diane Fraser said: “Heard this in Windygates Fife.
Sounded like thunder. I was in the kitchen and felt the rumbling under my feet.”Sarah Morag wrote: “I heard it too about half ten.
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