Overview

• RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons from Coningsby scrambled to intercept a Bombardier business jet that lost contact with air traffic control over southeastern England.
• Jets reportedly reached supersonic speeds, producing a sonic boom heard across Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Kent and parts of London.
• Communications with the flight were reestablished around 11:40 BST and the aircraft was escorted into London Stansted Airport, where police found no threat on arrival.
• The Typhoons returned to base after the mission and the RAF expressed regret for any public inconvenience caused by the sonic boom.
• Flight-tracking services and social media posts corroborated the events, while the Ministry of Defence said further operational details will follow the mission review.