B-52, SkyWest and DELTA FLIGHT
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SkyWest near-miss: B-52 crew 'not told' by Minot tower of incoming MSP flight originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Officials at Minot Air Force Base say that pilots on one of its B-52 bombers was not informed of an incoming Delta service from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, which resulted in a near-miss in North Dakota.
A planned B-52 bomber flyover that caused a SkyWest Airlines regional jet to perform a go-around near Minot, North Dakota, was operating with approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to the U.S. Air Force (USAF).
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Investigation underway after SkyWest jet narrowly avoids Air Force bomberA SkyWest flight, operating as a Delta connection, with 80 people on board made a sharp maneuver to avoid a B-52 bomber flying over the North Dakota State Fair. The FAA is investigating how the aircraft came so close.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is investigating a near miss between a SkyWest Airlines jet and a U.S. Air Force jet over North
SkyWest Airlines Flight 3788 was en route Friday evening from Minneapolis to Minot International Airport when the incident occurred.
Delta Air Lines flight 3788 nearly collided with another aircraft as it flew from Minneapolis–St. Paul to Minot, North Dakota.
A Nebraska man was arrested in Cedar Rapids on July 17 after he allegedly assaulted a person on a SkyWest flight and tried to open an emergency exit.
A passenger from the Delta-operated SkyWest flight that nearly collided with a B-52 military aircraft said the pilot's maneuver "felt like a sharp turn on a roller coaster," saying she could see grass out of her window instead of the sky.