Below is an explanation of what sonic booms are, their history in the U.S. and their potential future. What is a sonic boom? Sonic booms are heard on the ground when airplanes overhead fly faster ...

Sonic boom: F-16s investigate unresponsive plane in restricted airspace over DC The plane subsequently crashed in Virginia, authorities said.

A boom so loud it reached sonic levels is the explanation officials are giving on the noise heard from Virginia all the way across Anne Arundel County and beyond Sunday.

Sonic boom in DC: Plane that crashed lost contact with air traffic control just after takeoff Victims named as Adina Azarian, 49, her two-year-old daughter Aria, pilot Jeff Hefner, and nanny ...

Sonic boom ‘explosion’ shakes Washington DC as fighter jets react to unresponsive plane before crash ‘Loud boom’ heard as far away as Annapolis, Maryland after fighter jets scrambled to ...

A sonic boom from military jets racing toward a private aircraft that had crossed into restricted airspace startled hundreds in the Washington, DC area who heard the explosive sound.

Officials are calling the loud noise heard all across the DMV a "sonic boom" caused by a military planes traveling at high speeds to intercept an unresponsive plane.

A loud explosion sound heard across the Washington, D.C. area and points east and west was caused by two military jets breaking the sound barrier in pursuit of a Cessna Citation.

No survivors in Va. plane crash after fighter jet response, sonic boom across DC area NORAD F-16s set off a sonic boom while responding to an unresponsive Cessna jet that entered D.C.’s ...

A sonic boom is caused by an object moving faster than sound, or about 750 miles per hour at sea level. Rafael Olivieri, 62, said he was at home in Annandale, Va., when he heard a “loud, very ...

ARE EXPECTED TO REOPEN ON FRIDAY. TWO ANDERSON COUNTY AND ANOTHER SONIC BOOM HEARD COUNTY WIDE THIS MORNING. WE GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THIS FROM VIEWERS AROUND TEN THIS MORNING. THE SHERIFF’S ...