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Sonic Boom over Paris causes anxiousness

Sonic Boom over Paris causes anxiousness

Paris, Sep 30 (UNI) A sonic boom over Paris on Wednesday caused anxiousness among the city residents as people started speculating about the noise and began frantically calling emergency helplines.
The French defense ministry was quick to issue a statement clarifying that the sound was caused by a Rafale fighter jet that was attending to another aircraft in emergency.
"Rafale was authorized to break the sound barrier", Sputnik quoted the French Defence Ministry as saying.

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