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A SkyWest pilot said nobody warned them about the B-52 being in the area as they approached Minot International Airport in North Dakota.
The civilian pilot told his passengers a B-52 bomber had surprised him in his flight path on approach to Minot, N.D., social media video shows.
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A SkyWest pilot made a sharp turn during a flight over North Dakota to avoid a military plane he said was in his path. The incident occurred Friday as Delta Flight 3788 approached Minot
The pilot of a regional airliner flying from MPS to Minot, N.D. made an unexpected sharp turn to avoid a possible midair collision with a military B-52 bomber that was in its flight path.
The Delta service, operated by SkyWest, was forced into an 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid the bomber. 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.
The pilot of a regional airliner flying over North Dakota made an unexpected sharp turn to avoid a possible midair collision with a military B-52 bomber that was in its flight path over the weekend. The Friday incident is detailed in a video taken by a passenger and posted to social
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 Delta Airlines regional plane, SkyWest Flight 3788, narrowly escaped colliding with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber in midair on July 18, 2025, close to Minot, North Dakota. The pilot made a daring maneuver to avoid the military plane as the Embraer E175,