Houses that “vibrate“, powerful noise: on the social network Facebook, residents of eastern Loiret, particularly from Montargois but also from Giennois, testified this Thursday evening to having heard two strong explosions. These, indicates the prefecture of Loiret and Centre-Val de Loire, in a tweet published around 9:30 p.m., “of two Rafale planes having broken the sound barrier as they returned to their base in Saint-Dizier. Event ended.” The authorities do not specify whether these planes were in exercise or on a mission, for example to rescue another plane.
These powerful fighter jets, capable of carrying out the missions of fighter jets, cause a sound similar to an explosion when they exceed the speed of sound in the air, as residents of the Paris region were able to see this in 2020when a plane, also from the Saint-Dizier base, came to the aid of another aircraft in difficulty. Saint-Dizier air base 113 is located in Haute-Marnethis explains why, this Thursday, November 14, the explosion was heard over several dozen kilometers, including in neighboring departments of Loiret.
