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.
Comments
He is definately hired by sangh parivar. Hope this person will get a seat in election and will be glorified by bjp alongwith |Shahnawaz and Naqvi. Dont worry Sadik, yuo will get ache din soon. You should also support Modi for his anti islamic activities ie. putting leg in sharia law.
Beta do not day dream Real muslim never will become his fan.. he is only by name Muslim.
well done sadiq .. keep it up ... I know u will be targeted by your own community for sure and its visible here... not only him ... there are lakhs of muslims who are fans of modi ...
See his Auto!!! He is not only a fan of Modi!!!! ha ha ha
10 trip 100 people? strange!!!...Paid person by BJP.
Looks like hired for two month... because there is no Indian left in India who is supporting Modi ji, only bhakth who had no ........ lol.....
Most of Modi fans belong to this auto driver's category: A class VIII drop out.
He might be a member of Muslim Rastriya Manch that is a branch of RSS and BJP. He might be gets paid from BJP to make publicity of FENKU. Not only in DK all over india people's pocket are empty. How come this guys have money to put petrol to his rikshaw?? Something strange.
Add new comment