National Post (National Edition)

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Other than rain, what disrupted the French Open?

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A French fighter jet, which broke the sound barrier Wednesday as it scrambled to join a commercial jet that had lost contact with air traffic control. The jet caused a sonic boom that reverberat­ed through Paris and its suburbs. The boom rattled windows, scattered startled birds, interrupte­d tennis at the French Open and prompted a flood of calls to emergency services.

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