U.S.(WN) --- Wixtin News confirmed the
reports of a loud “sonic boom” heard across Broward County Friday night was due
to military jets intercepting an unresponsive plane.
United States Northern Command said the two
F-15 jets took off from Homestead Air National Guard Base. According to
Northern Command, multiple planes have violated the air space that’s been
restricted for President Donald Trump’s visit to Palm Beach.
They said not only did this plane violate the
air space, the pilot was not responding either. The fighter jets were
eventually able to establish communication with the aircraft. The situation
caused quite the stir, as residents first thought it was an explosion.
According to Federal Aviation Administration
sources, an aircraft was flying 100 miles north of Palm Beach County traveling
rapidly towards the Trump no-fly zone. At least one jet was scrambled from the
Homestead Airbase towards that plane, which was potentially violating the air
space. The F-15 fighter was the plane
that caused the sonic boom.
It is unclear if the 30 miles radius of the
no fly-zone was violated. FAA and military are investigating the incident.
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Some residents mistook the loud sound from
the F-15 jets for an explosion, but the Broward Sheriff’s office confirmed that
the noise was from a military exercise.
“The intercept required the Air Force F-15s
from Homestead Air National Guard Base to travel at supersonic speeds, a sound
noticed by area residents, to get to the general aviation aircraft where they
were able to establish communications,” NORAD said in a statement of the
incident, around 7 p.m.
"The intent of military intercepts is to
have the identified aircraft re-establish communications with local FAA air
traffic controllers and instruct the pilot to follow air traffic controllers'
instructions to land safely for follow-on action."
"People running with their kids in their
strollers thinking this is the end," said Evanan Romerio. We spoke to the
team at Performance Edge Dance Studio in Weston who were so frightened that
they briefly went on lockdown.
"All of a sudden you know, the whole
room just shook like an explosion went off and you know our lights everything
started swinging," said studio owner Jennifer Peruyero. "The glasses
impacted. I shut down the lights back here. I put them all in the front and we
went on a lockdown until we heard what was going on."
The dancers are happy it was a false alarm--
but they definitely don't want to relive this experience. "Hopefully that
never happens again because I had a lot of scared little girls," Peruyero
said.
Many were thankful it wasn't worse, but are
still shaken up over this loud noise in their normally quiet neighborhood.
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