A private jet that crashed outside D.C. two years ago was flying without sufficient emergency oxygen, federal investigators concluded. The pilot’s unresponsiveness prompted a sonic boom heard ...

Transportation A sonic boom. A plane crash. And a dispute over repairs that weren’t made. After the NTSB said maintenance issues contributed to a deadly 2023 private plane crash, the owner and ...

In 2021, an F-16 jet corrected course while flying over central Illinois, creating a large sonic boom as it broke the sound barrier. The sound shook neighborhoods in Illinois and Oregon, where ...

Those closest to the vehicle will hear the loudest sonic boom, while the sound gets softer father away. Sometimes sonic booms originating on the Space Coast can be heard all the way in Orlando.

The sonic boom from the October Starship launch measured up to 146 decibels in some areas. “That’s like being a few feet away from a gunshot without hearing protection,” Gee said.

The sonic boom from the October Starship launch measured up to 146 decibels in some areas. “That’s like being a few feet away from a gunshot without hearing protection,” Gee said.