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Close call between B-52 and passenger jet puts focus on small airports
The incident has focused attention on the way small airport towers are often run by private companies without their own ...
Close call between bomber and commercial jet over North Dakota puts focus on small airports
Lines jet seemed to know the other plane was there before the airline pilot saw the B-52 looming in its path. The incident ...
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SkyWest Pilot Executes Dramatic Maneuver To Avoid B-52 Collision
A SkyWest pilot demonstrated exceptional airmanship last Friday when he performed what passengers described as an “aggressive ...
Air Force Pilot Wasn't Alerted to Collision Course with Passenger Jet Before Scary Near Miss, Says Official
The B-52 Bomber that had a near miss with a Skywest passenger plane was not informed of the oncoming aircraft. The Skywest ...
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Air Traffic Oversight: SkyWest Pilot's Evasive Action Avoids B-52
A recent incident involving a SkyWest passenger airplane and a B-52 bomber has raised concerns about air safety. On Friday, ...
Air traffic controllers didn’t warn a B-52 bomber crew about a nearby airliner, the Air Force says
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Air traffic controllers at a small North Dakota airport didn’t inform an Air Force bomber’s crew that a ...
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FAA To Investigate Recent Incident Between SkyWest Jet and B-52
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it would look into the near collision between a SkyWest Jet and a B-52 that ...
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 ...