Fighter jets escorted a plane into a London airport after it lost communications and may have caused a 'sonic boom'

• Fighter jets escorted an aircraft to an airport in London after it lost communications, per BBC News.
• This came shortly after people heard a "loud bang," which some thought was a sonic boom.
• Police said there was no cause for concern.

Fighter jets from the UK's Royal Air Force were reportedly scrambled to escort an aircraft to London's Stansted Airport after it lost communications while flying over England on Saturday.

This came shortly after people heard a "loud bang" across the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire, BBC News reported.