The RAF has confirmed it launched fighter jets over London today (Friday, August 15) to investigate a plane, understood to be travelling from Nice in France, which had to be escorted to Stansted Airport. The decision to approve the Quick Reaction Alert is what caused the sonic boom 'bang' heard over many parts of London and Essex.

A Royal Air Force (RAF) spokesperson confirmed: " We can confirm that RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched today tocommunications were re-established and the aircraft was safely escorted to Stansted. The Typhoons are returning to base."

The spokesperson added the RAF regrets any inconvenience caused after residents in London were alarmed by a sonic boom linked to the deployment of Typhoon aircrafts. A spokesperso

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