B-52 Near-Miss Highlights Air Traffic Control Oversight
TL;DR
The U.S. Air Force reported that a B-52H Stratofortress had a near-miss with a SkyWest passenger jet near Minot International Airport, with the crew not being informed about the inbound commercial aircraft during their planned flyover, leading to safety concerns and ongoing investigations by the FAA and SkyWest.
- Air Force says B-52 crew wasn’t told of passenger jet before near-miss Defense News
- SkyWest Plane Aborts Landing to Avoid Midair Collision With B-52 Bomber The New York Times
- 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 CNN
- Airline pilot was about to land in N.D. when he saw a B-52 'coming at us' NPR
- Near-collision between B-52 and SkyWest jet was caught on camera NBC News
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