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A B-52 Bomber Just Had a Close Call with a Civilian Flight

The bomber nearly collided with a SkyWest jet in North Dakota due to lack of radar at Minot Airport and poor coordination. The FAA and military are now investigating safety protocols.

Aeroméxico Nearly Lands on Top of Delta Plane in Mexico City

Days after a near-miss between a Delta regional plane and a military bomber in North Dakota, radar shows Aeroméxico flight ...
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Air traffic controllers fail to warn B-52 bomber about nearby airliner

Air traffic controllers at a small North Dakota airport didn't inform an Air Force bomber's crew that a commercial airliner ...
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USAF Notes FAA Approval Of B-52 Flyover, After SkyWest Event

A planned B-52 bomber flyover that caused a SkyWest Airlines regional jet to perform a go-around near Minot, North Dakota, ...

B-52 bomber wasn’t warned about approaching Delta plane before shocking near-miss in North Dakota: Air Force

Air traffic controllers in North Dakota failed to warn a US Air Force B-52 bomber about an approaching passenger jet, which ...

A private company runs the control tower where a B-52 got too close to a passenger jet. It’s more common than you might think

The Minot, North Dakota control tower where a Delta Air Lines regional jet had to perform an “aggressive maneuver,” to avoid colliding with an Air Force B-52 bomber, isn’t staffed by the Federal ...

B-52 was on FAA-approved flight path before Delta regional jet near miss, Air Force says

A Delta pilot made an aggressive maneuver to avoid hitting a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, with Air Force stating the B-52 ...

NDSF concertgoer catches Delta plane avoiding mid-air collision with B-52 bomber

Josh Kadrmas and his wife were at the opening ceremony of the North Dakota State Fair, which featured a B-52 bomber flyover. That’s what he was trying to get video of, but he also happened to capture ...