HAL explains cause for 'terrifying sounds' in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has said that the odd loud sounds heard in many places of the city were due to the flight of the Sukhoi SU-30 war planes.
People in areas like HR Layout, Marathalli, C V Raman Nagar, Varthur, Kundalahalli, Electronic City, Halasur, Whitefield, Tin Factory and Koramangala heard loud noises at around 1:20 pm on Wednesday. The citizens were worried by the noises and assumed them to be bomb blast or gas cylinder blast. There were also discussions on the social media on the noises and the possible cause, giving rise to a question if the city was witnessing an earthquake.
Explaining the matter, HAL said that the Sukhoi planes took off from the HAL runway on Wednesday. “When the Sukhoi S-30 war planes make a 90-degree take-off, such loud sounds are caused and spread till about 10 kilometres. The noise heard at various parts of the city was because of such take-off of the war planes,” the HAL has said.
'No earthquake'
The seismograph has not recorded any earthquake in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Dr G S Srinivasa Reddy, director of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, has said.
“The people need not panic on hearing the loud sounds in the city. There has been no earthquake. We are finding the causes for the sounds,” Bhaskar Rao, City Police Commissioner of Bengaluru, has assured.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 100th Saudi Pro League goal
Riyadh (AP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th Saudi Pro League goal as Al-Nassr beat Al-Shabab 4-2 to move five points clear at the top of the table.
The 41-year-old forward converted a Sadio Mané cross at the near post with 15 minutes remaining to record the 971st goal of his career on Thursday. It was also his 26th league goal of the season.
“Ronaldo is always dangerous going forward and we saw that again today,” Al-Nassr coach Jorge Jesus said.
João Félix, signed from Chelsea in July, scored three goals for the league leaders.
The win took Al-Nassr to 82 points from 32 games, five ahead of Al-Hilal, which has three matches, one more than Nassr, left to play. Al-Hilal meets Al-Kholood on Friday and faces Nassr on Tuesday in what could be a title decider against its Riyadh rival.
“Now we have a derby match against our rival, which is a difficult encounter,” Jesus said.
“We are fully aware of its importance, and we are dealing with it with complete focus as we know that small details could decide the result.”
Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, has yet to secure a major trophy in Saudi Arabia since signing with Al-Nassr in December 2022.
