tunwhu 6:25 Wed Oct 29
Massive bang across Kent
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Anyone else hear this / know what happened there?
Reported from Dartford to Tun Wells so far
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the last eastender
7:30 Sun Nov 2
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Hammer
Russia really need to out Putin, he is another Hitler.
A great seducer telling the Russian people they have been wronged and its time for revenge.
More dangerous than extreme Islam.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
2:08 Sun Nov 2
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I misread by one letter and though Harry Redknapp had been negotiating a transfer deal with Gillingham.
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Jimmy The Hoover
1:32 Sun Nov 2
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I thought this was going to be about the Swingers Club in Kent I went to over the weekend
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kirok1
1:24 Sun Nov 2
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united we stand 12:54 Thu Oct 30
Nothing is ever heard in Surrey. Land of the missing mobile signal and heartland of Millwall fans who made a quid or two - see Reigate on a Saturday!
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eusebiovic
1:20 Sun Nov 2
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I thought this thread was going to be about a massive collective ale-fart from the Shepherd Name Brewery in Faversham...
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Hammer and Pickle
11:16 Sat Nov 1
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They are really taking the piss.
Seen the state of the crap they are sending up?
It's like they act all insulted we have a civilised organisation like NATO when they try to act all lairy with a flying piece of junk from 1952. FFS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95
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claret on my shirt
11:04 Sat Nov 1
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yphoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian military 'Bear' bombers for the second time in a week, it has emerged.
The Typhoons were sent up from RAF Lossiemouth on Friday to escort the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft, just two days after UK jets intercepted another two Russian bombers over the North Sea.
It comes amid what NATO described as an "unusual" increase in activity from Russian military jets over European airspace ranging from the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
An RAF spokeswoman said the Russian aircraft had been picked up by the RAF Control and Reporting Centre at Boulmer in Northumberland, which scrambled the Typhoons.
She said: "Following a similar incident on Wednesday 29 October, the RAF Typhoon pilots visually identified the Russian aircraft and escorted them through the UK flight information region."
Air Vice-Marshal Gary Waterfall, who is in charge of UK air defence, said: "The Royal Air Force was formed to secure the skies over the UK, and it remains our main task.
"This week's news has shown yet again that the RAF's quick reaction alert is an essential element of our nation's security."
The increased Russian activity in the air comes against a backdrop of months of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West following Russia's annexation of Crimea and military incursion into Ukraine.
Analysts say it appears to be a "show of force" by President Vladimir Putin.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance "remains vigilant and ready to respond" to any Russian threat.
On Wednesday, two Typhoons from RAF Coningsby were sent to escort a suspicious plane to Stansted Airport in Essex.
A sonic boom was heard as the jets made their way to the location of the plane, which turned out to be a civilian Latvian cargo aircraft heading for Birmingham with car parts.
The Prime Minister was overheard on Thursday referring to the incident as "nerve-wracking", saying the RAF were "busy over the skies".
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united we stand
12:54 Thu Oct 30
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No bang heard in Surrey, as you were....
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Eggbert Nobacon
12:49 Thu Oct 30
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good one bro
cracks me up every 5 minutes that you post it
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Johnson
11:48 Thu Oct 30
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http://stayofexecution.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/tumbleweed.gif
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Eggbert Nobacon
11:40 Thu Oct 30
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dropped my wallet
sorry for scaring anyone
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riosleftsock
11:39 Thu Oct 30
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I heard this boom in mountfitchet.
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tunwhu
11:37 Thu Oct 30
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I know mate, all tongue in cheek. I know Mount Ephraim well. Used to work there.
A fair few Hammers here too.
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defjam
11:22 Thu Oct 30
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*High 5's folkstone!*
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folkestone iron
11:20 Thu Oct 30
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So, the story is that there was a potential threat to Kent, so the RAF scrambled and escorted the threat to an area were it couldn't do any damage - Essex.
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Bullet
12:45 Thu Oct 30
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tunwhu 9:50 Wed Oct 29
I was fishing actually mate. I know kent more than most. There is good and bad like all places. I moved back to the smoke. Retired parents live in Tunbridge Wells near Mount Ephraim.
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY
10:24 Wed Oct 29
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Pancho 8:57 Wed Oct 29
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY 8:12 Wed Oct 29
One of those is just a hangar to store your monthly food package you fat sack of shit.
We're gonna need an oil tanker for you son!
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PDC ON THE VOLLEY
10:22 Wed Oct 29
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stirlinghammer 8:58 Wed Oct 29
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Biggin hill?
I've got a bigger landing strip on my drive way
Is your missus called Jordan?
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MrCrowmanSir
10:02 Wed Oct 29
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Clarke Kent.
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tunwhu
9:50 Wed Oct 29
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Bullet wtf. Last year alone the papers were late on at least 2 x occassions, the ticket machines went out of order on 2 floors of the Morrisons car park.... and you should see the queue for the main Post Office here on a Friday ffs.
Don't know how we cope sometimes I really don't
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mallard
9:47 Wed Oct 29
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Two RAF jets scrambled to intercept a Latvian cargo plane created a sonic boom over Kent.
The Russian-made aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers and was escorted to Stansted Airport by the pair of Typhoons.
Kent Police received several calls reporting a loud bang coming from the Dartford area at about 16:40 GMT.
An airport spokesman said police officers surrounded the aircraft after it landed at 17:15.
A blast was felt across the county, according to posts on Twitter.
The airport spokesman said surrounding the plane was standard procedure when communication had been lost with an aircraft.
He said officers were later stood down and the plane was continuing its journey.
A blast caused by the sonic boom of the RAF aircraft was felt across the county, according to posts on Twitter - footage courtesy of Iain Dodsworth
'Supersonic speed'
An RAF spokesman said: "Typhoon aircraft were launched this afternoon from RAF Coningsby to intercept a civilian aircraft south of London which was causing concern to air traffic control authorities.
"The aircraft was safely escorted to London Stansted.
"To fulfil their quick reaction role the Typhoons were cleared to travel at supersonic speed, any noise disturbance as a result of this is regretted."
The RAF confirmed the aircraft was a Russian-made Antonov An-26.
It apologised if crews had "startled people" but added that jets only went supersonic over land when absolutely necessary.
Essex Police said three people on board, who were all Lithuanian, had been spoken to and it was established everything was in order.
The reason for the short loss of communication was a change in airspace jurisdiction, police said.
Officers said they were not investigating the incident.
Stansted said the plane was expected to leave the airport later but staff still had to organise a take-off slot and refuelling.
A spokeswoman for RAF AVIA, the Latvian airline that operated the aircraft, said it had been on a routine flight to Birmingham from Italy when the pilots lost communication with air traffic control on entering UK airspace.
She said the technical reason behind the communication failure was still unclear and the company had not yet spoken to its crew.
The plane was carrying equipment for an automotive assembly line.
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