How many people heard the huge supersonic bang over Antibes last weekend?
According to the news a plane came onto the radar without working radio (I presume they mean transponder?) and they scrambled a mirage from Toulon to see what it was. The mirage did not hang about and went supersonic somewhere near Antibes - I assume at a not very great altitude and there was a hell of a bang.
There was a second much quieter bang later, which I assume was the plane going sub-sonic, but much further away.
Anybody know any more about this and which was the 'guilty' plane which caused the scare? What height was the plane (or the mirage)?
JM
According to the news a plane came onto the radar without working radio (I presume they mean transponder?) and they scrambled a mirage from Toulon to see what it was. The mirage did not hang about and went supersonic somewhere near Antibes - I assume at a not very great altitude and there was a hell of a bang.
There was a second much quieter bang later, which I assume was the plane going sub-sonic, but much further away.
Anybody know any more about this and which was the 'guilty' plane which caused the scare? What height was the plane (or the mirage)?
JM