Possible Explosion in Derby

Droolinggimp · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:10

Just heard a (possibly) massive explosion. Shook houses and offices in Spondon. no effect here in Chad but very loud. People on Facebook talking about it. No idea what it was yet though. Looks like it came from Spondon way, rolls royce there and courtaulds down that way.

chilipeppersc · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:27

A quick Google and no one seems to know anything. Just thousands of reports. A bit strange.

Stephanie Peterson · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:28

Someone has a video of a building on fire on twitter.

vanpeebles · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:28

Sonic boom?

Ah, maybe not

manic111 · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:30

vanpeebles said:
Sonic boom?

Ah, maybe not

No, that kind of tech hasn't reached Derby yet...

Efour · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:30

20 mins no more news?

Maccy · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:36

https://twitter.com/DerbysPolice/status/1144175880736059392

Cleisthenes · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:37

Apparently confirmed as a sonic boom:

"A Derbyshire Constabulary spokesperson later confirmed: "The recent loud bang heard over Derbyshire was as a result of a RAF jet passing over the county causing a sonic boom.""

Stephanie Peterson · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:38

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48785851

Possibly on its way to this?

Em3bbs · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:39

An Air India flight has been escorted to Stansted so probably related to that.

Freakbro · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:41

Wonder where the jet was from as I didn't hear one take off from around here, and we're usually the rapid reaction force. Maybe my music is too loud

vanpeebles · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:41

Ah, was sonic boom!

malachi · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:50

Someone has been playing Street Fighter 2 on max volume again!

Randomface74 · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGN0o2mEpPM&t=67

AHarvey · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:20

manic111 said:
No, that kind of tech hasn't reached Derby yet...

Really? People seem to leave as fast as they can so I'd be surprised

Cleisthenes · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:26

Freakbro said:
Wonder where the jet was from as I didn't hear one take off from around here, and we're usually the rapid reaction force. Maybe my music is too loud

It came from Coningsby

vanpeebles · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:30

Cleisthenes said:
It came from Coningsby

Not the Desert?

Freakbro · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:45

Cleisthenes said:
It came from Coningsby

I did have the music on too loud then

Raymond Lin · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:57

Back in uni I had a friend whos day has a place in the middle of nowhere in Devon, right under the path of the Concord's LHR to JFK route and there would be a sonic boom regularly as it was the point where it picked up enough speed.

SPG · 27 Jun 2019 at 11:58

It was a proper window rattler.

Apparently its not good form to tell everyone it was accident on raynesway