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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.