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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 ...
Delta Pilot Abruptly Avoids B-52 During Approach, Apologizes To Passengers For 'Aggressive Maneuver'
While there are lessons to be learned from this incident that shouldn't have happened, it had the best possible outcome, with ...
Delta airliner is filmed making 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid midair crash with B-52 bomber
A grounded bystander was recording a B-52 flyover at the North Dakota State Fair when he accidentally captured a Delta jet ...
2 Crew Members Are Hurt as Southwest Plane Plunges Abruptly After Takeoff
The sudden maneuver was made during a Friday flight out of California after two collision safety alerts sounded in the cockpit, causing the pilots to take evasive action, the airline said.
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Pilot's Announcement to Passengers Goes Viral as Plane Nearly Collides with Military Aircraft
A video making the rounds on social media has captured the moment a pilot apologised to passengers for an 'aggressive ...
Air Force blames air traffic controllers for near miss involving B-52 bomber
Air traffic controllers at a North Dakota airport didn’t tell the crew of an Air Force B-52 bomber that a commercial airliner ...
Southwest passenger describes horror of plummeting mid-air as screams filled the cabin when pilot avoided crash
Caitlin Burdi, a passenger aboard a Southwest flight that was forced to make an evasive maneuver to avoid a mid-air collision, said screams filled the cabin as they narrowly missed another aircraft.
Southwest flight plummets nearly 500 feet ‘in a free fall’ to avoid ‘midair collision,’ leaving 2 flight attendants injured
The pilots of the Hawker Hunter reported having the Southwest plane in sight, but were not properly instructed by air traffic ...
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
It’s more common than most fliers may think. About half of the control towers at civilian airports in the US are operated ...
Southwest Flight Forced Into Extreme Maneuver to Avoid Mid-Air Collision
A Southwest Airlines flight resorted to a sudden drop to avoid a mid-air traffic collision while departing from Burbank, ...
Delta pilot’s ‘aggressive manoeuvre’ avoids mid-air collision with B-52 bomber
Long story short, it was not fun,' the Delta pilot said of the incident. 'I do apologize for it and I thank you for understanding. Not a fun day at work.' ...