Bengaluru, May 20: A mysterious "boom" heard in large parts of Bengaluru this afternoon left residents of the city and social media users puzzled. While the source of the sound is being investigated, the Indian Air Force (IAF) indicated that it could be the result of "routine test flights that necessitate going supersonic a times".
The sound was heard from as far as the Bengaluru airport in Devanahalli to the IT hub of Electronic City 54 km away. It was also heard in Kalyan Nagar in east Bengaluru, central Bengaluru's MG Road and areas such as Marathahalli, Whitefield, Sarjapur and Hebbagodi.
IAF said no aircraft of training command was flying in the area. "However, ASTE (Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment) and HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) could have been undertaking their routine test flying, which necessitates going supersonic at times. These are done well beyond the city limits in specified sectors. However, considering the atmospheric conditions and reduced noise levels in the city during these times, the aircraft sound may become clearly audible even if it happened way out from the city," said the air force statement.
Many people had speculated that the sound could have been caused by a fighter jet such as a Mirage 2000.
"We have also asked the Air Force Control Room to check if it was a jet or supersonic sound. Bengaluru police are awaiting confirmation from the Air Force," Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao said in a statement.
It was not an earthquake, Karnataka's state disaster monitoring centre had tweeted earlier.
"Earthquake activity will not be restricted to one area and will be widespread. We have checked our sensors and there is no earthquake activity recorded today," the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre said, quoting its director Srinivas Reddy.
"The activity reported in Bengaluru is not due to an earthquake. The seismometers did not capture any ground vibration as generally happens during a mild Tremor. The activity is purely a loud unknown noise," the agency tweeted.
#Bangalore and #BangaloreBoom was among the top trends on Twitter this afternoon.
"We are trying to ascertain the source of the noise," a senior police officer said. "In Whitefield area, we have searched on the ground and so far, there is no damage to any property," he added. There were no calls to the police control room reporting any damage.
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Someone is hiding here... I cant see narayana and groups today... Why guys why?? where are you?? Need your comments on this topic as nationalists are arrested without any reason!!
RSS group noted for terrorism, 99% of them are making easy money by doing terror activities now the time has come to ban this organization.
Leader of RSS is still hiding. Catch the big fish and rest of them will surrender easily.
Let police investigate n expose their full team member name photo all over India n call their backing famous media persons to discuss on rss agenda. Let them decide whether rss is a patriotic or terror group.
Cover the face with Saffron shawl which has their flag. Hand over to NIA.
How the Police gets Arabic shawl when Muslim get arrested? Our Police dept. is more dangerous than these terrorists.
RSS IS TERRRORIST ORGANIZATION. BOMBING , KILLING IS INCREASING IN THEIR ORGANZATION. MUST BAN THIS ORGANIZATION LIKE NEHRU GOVERNMENT BANNED AFTER THEY KILLED MAHATMA GHANDHI.
RSS terrorists
Y cover the face of the REAL TERRORIST.. and KILLERS.
Times up with cheddis deceptions....everything will be exposed
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