PARIS, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A fighter jet that broke the sound barrier on Wednesday over Paris was in operation to provide assistance to an aircraft which lost contact with traffic control, said the French Ministry of the Armed Forces in a press release.
Without an elaboration on the aircraft in loss of contact, the ministry said the Rafale of Saint-Dizier (an airbase of the French army in the northeast of the country) was authorized to take off to assist the plane in difficulty, "It (Rafale) passed the sound barrier to the east of Paris," explained the ministry.
When breaking the sound barrier, the fighter jet caused a huge noise that was heard across the city of Paris and its suburbs, leading to a surge in calls to police.
Paris police also said on Twitter that the major noise was caused by a fighter jet that broke the sound barrier. Enditem
