The Typhoon jets, which can reach speeds of up to 1550 miles per hour, caused a sonic boom as they broke the sound barrier rushing to reach the passenger flight. For some time the news story was the reported explosions in Southern England before the incident with the aircraft was made public. The airforce jets flew from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, and escorted the Jet 2 passenger plane, an Airbus A321, back to Stansted. Herts Police, TwitterIntel Sky and Air tweeted the Typhoon's flight path, including its circling "just north of London." Intel Sky & Air, TwitterA spokesperson for Jet 2 said that "we are aware of an incident regarding an extremely disruptive passenger on a flight from Stansted to Dalaman earlier this evening.

Source: Forbes June 22, 2019 19:55 UTC