Eurofighter Typhoon spotted over the skies of County Durham

On Wednesday (October 23), several Eurofighter Typhoon jets were seen over the region's skies. Their flight path shows that they came from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, flew through North Yorkshire and into Teesside, turned into County Durham, and flew back.

The Eurofighter Typhoon (Image: SIMON MCCABE) While the exciting sight of seeing RAF jets was brilliant for many, the reason for the Eurofighter Typhoons might be a little bit of an anti-climax, because the planes were undertaking standard training during the day.

According to Flight Radar, the Eurofighter that was seen over County Durham took off from RAF Coningsby at around 3.05pm, before landing again in Lincolnshire at around 4.20pm.

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According to the RAF, standard training exercises are conducted daily.

The RAF jet from Coningsby was joined by several jets that flew over from RAF Leeming, who are currently undertaking 24-hour training exercises that see jets fly at night in North Yorkshire.

So what is a Eurofighter Typhoon?

According to the RAF: "The Typhoon FGR.Mk 4 is a highly capable and extremely agile multi-role combat aircraft, capable of being deployed for the full spectrum of air operations, including air policing, peace support and high-intensity conflict.  Initially deployed in the air-to-air role as the Typhoon F.Mk 2, the aircraft now has a potent, precision multi-role capability as the FGR4."

The RAF goes on to add: "Although Typhoon has flown precision attack missions in all its combat deployments to date, its most essential role remains the provision of quick reaction alert (QRA) for UK and Falkland Islands airspace.  Detachments have also reinforced NATO air defence in the Baltic and Black Sea regions."