B-52, North Dakota and minot air force base
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Days after a near-miss between a Delta regional plane and a military bomber in North Dakota, radar shows Aeroméxico flight 1631 nearly landed on top of Delta flight 590 on a runway in Mexico City while the Atlanta-bound plane was starting to take off.
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While there are lessons to be learned from this incident that shouldn't have happened, it had the best possible outcome, with everyone walking away unharmed.
The pilot of the SkyWest flight apologized to passengers after having to make an "aggressive maneuver" to avoid what he identified as a B-52 bomber near Minot.
A SkyWest pilot reportedly avoided a collision with a B-52 while approaching for a landing in North Dakota on Friday. Now, authorities are investigating.
Delta Air Lines flight 3788 nearly collided with another aircraft as it flew from Minneapolis–St. Paul to Minot, North Dakota.
It's the second major near miss for Delta in the past week after an airline pilot took evasive action to avoid hitting a B-52 bomber over North Dakota.