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NEAR DISASTER: Delta Connection Flight Forced Into “Aggressive Maneuver” to Avoid Mid-Air Collision with B-52 Bomber — Pilot Slams Lack of Warning from Air Force Base
Gateway Pundit ^ | July 20, 2025 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 07/20/2025 7:22:48 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

A Delta Connection Embraer E175 regional jet, operated by SkyWest Airlines as Flight 3788 from Minneapolis–Saint Paul to Minot International Airport, executed a sudden “aggressive maneuver” during its final approach to avoid a near-fatal mid‑air collision with a U.S. Air Force B‑52 bomber from nearby Minot Air Force Base.

While on final approach from Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the Delta Connection crew received a last-second instruction from air traffic control to turn due to “inadequate separation.”

During the turn, the pilot spotted the B‑52 rapidly converging and hauled the jet sharply behind it for safety.

Once landed safely, the pilot addressed passengers calmly:

“For those of you on the right-hand side, you probably saw the airplane coming at us. Nobody told us about it. We continued air traffic. There’s no radar here. The tower is controlled—excuse me, the tower does everything visually. And so they said, “Report about six miles from the airport.” So we did that.

I think he realized that the spacing wasn’t going to work, and he said, “Turn right.” I looked over, and there was an airplane, which—for those of you on the right-hand side—I thought was a small airplane, like the one you see at the airport right now doing touch-and-go’s. And he said, “Turn right.” I said, “There’s an airplane over there.” And he says, “Turn left.”

Then, by the time we read back the clearance, I looked over and saw the airplane that was coming on a converging course with us. Given his speed—it was a military plane—I don’t know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us. I felt it was the safest thing to do to turn behind it.

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TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: airforce; b52; blamehegsethduffy; deltaairlines; deltaconnection; fakewaypundit; foxnewsweekendhost; hoftisafairy; midaircollision; mtvrealworld; whiskypete
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To: Macho MAGA Man

One would think that that the military would be more careful near commercial airports so soon after after flight AA5342 was hit by a Blackhawk helicopter in D.C..


21 posted on 07/21/2025 6:23:43 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: dagunk

“Working on the side of a mountain and he went by UNDER me, saw the top of the plane. His buddy went by too, a little farther out.”

I was at Big South Fork in Tennessee which is a giant cleft cause by an earthquake in the ancient past. I had my legs hanging over the side when here come two ANG Phantoms smoking along below me.


22 posted on 07/21/2025 7:21:07 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: dagunk; Nachoman

The camo on the one I saw was effective! I may have missed seeing the B-52 entirely if it hadn’t been for the crisp black shadow it was casting about 100 feet below and beside it. The shadow was distinctive and can’t be camoflauged.


23 posted on 07/21/2025 9:11:02 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: oldplayer

Quite a few years ago I was driving a back road in the western section of New Jersey’s pine barrens. As I was transiting a cleared spot I noticed motion in my rearview mirror and slowed a bit to try to see what it was. Seconds later I was looking at the underside of an A-10 Warthog through my windshield. Then, a second one roared overhead. I’d guess they were at a couple of hundred feet altitude.

Maybe I was honored to be a “target” for a practice run?


24 posted on 07/22/2025 8:13:24 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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