The windows shook, the explosion noise was muffled … Many listeners and Internet users told us this Friday morning that they heard an explosion noise shortly before 10:30 am.
Contacted, the Vendée SDIS was not able this morning to tell us the origin of the detonation.
At around 11.20 am, the Deux-Sèvres prefecture assured us by telephone that it was a military plane that had crossed the wall of sound, without further details.
The “bang” has been heard in Vendée, Deux-Sèvres, Haute-Vienne, as well as Loire-Atlantique.
Outch, that noise a little before 10:30 am in #DeuxSevres this Friday January 8 …
– LNR (@la_nr_helene) January 8, 2021
The windows have just vibrated at #Niort with like a heavy noise, of explosion. Does someone have some news ? @e_niort ?
– Christophe Vigneron (@chrisvigneron) January 8, 2021
Waaah the big “BOOM” to Miss that I heard freaked me out mdr
— And (@And_Yna79) January 8, 2021
explosion heard in 44 countries of retz, distant thud of less than a second.
– Damien (@damienjarneau) January 8, 2021
The Morbihan prefecture also confirmed that it was a supersonic boom.
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A loud noise was heard in the west of the department of #Morbihan
This is not an explosion but a fighter plane that broke the sound barrier
⚠️Do not encumber the emergency lines
⚠️Please do not relay the rumors#Brittany pic.twitter.com/xvdYO1hURX– Prefect of Morbihan (@ Prefet56) January 8, 2021
14,000 meters above sea level
The City of Niort details in a press release that the flight of the fighter plane was “scheduled and authorized by the military authorities”. He broke the sound barrier “around 10:35 am above the Niort-Marais-Poitevin aerodrome”.
“In flight at level 420 (about 14,000 meters), it caused a deafening noise and a feeling of earthquake or explosion depending on the location, over part of the city. The cold and dry weather allowed the shock wave to spread rapidly and intensely “.
The press release states that “this plane left the Brive sector to go to Brittany”.
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