Earlier today there was rumor about an ‘explosion’ in Washington DC after residents there felt the ground shake after hearing a loud boom.

But it turns out there was no explosion at all. NORAD just issued this statement explaining what happened:

Twitter truncated the statement but here it is below:

So it was a sonic boom that shook the ground as this F-16 flew to intercept the unresponsive cessna. I honestly had no idea a sonic boom could do that. The F-16 must’ve been pretty low to the ground.

While I hate that the pilot died, I am very glad the incident wasn’t something more malicious.

Earlier today there was rumor about an ‘explosion’ in Washington DC after residents there felt the ground shake after hearing a loud boom. But it turns out there was no explosion at all…{ai:summary}<p>An unresponsive Cessna caused a sonic boom as F-16s chased down the aircraft before it crashed near the George Washington National Forest. NORAD confirmed the use of fighter planes and flares during their attempt to make contact with the pilot. Although reports of a Washington DC explosion circulated, these were found to be unfounded.#military</p>

BREAKING: The ‘explosion’ that shook the ground in DC explained with statement from NORAD

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