Southwest Airlines, Flight and Mid-Air Collision
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ABP News on MSNSouthwest Flight Drops 400 Ft To Avoid Mid-Air Collision; 1 Crew Member Injured: VIDEO
Southwest flight 1496 from Burbank to Las Vegas abruptly descended over 400 feet to avoid a mid-air collision with a Hawker Hunter jet.
NTSB to hold 3-day investigative hearing into deadly mid-air collision. Here's what is on the agenda
While the public is invited to observe the hearing, only NTSB Board members, investigative staff and designated parties may ask questions of witnesses.
The B-52 Bomber that had a near miss with a Skywest passenger plane was not informed of the oncoming aircraft. The Skywest pilot was forced to make an "aggressive maneuver" in order to avoid the Air Force vehicle.
Jalek Swoll and Ryder DiFrancesco crashed while leading. Remarkably, Haiden Deegan collided with DiFrancesco mid-air, but survived the contact with the lead.
A fast-thinking commercial pilot executed an “aggressive” evasive maneuver to avoid a midair collision with a US Air Force B-52 bomber over North Dakota. The Embraer E175 jet — en route from Minneapolis-Saint Paul to Minot International Airport in North Dakota — came perilously close to colliding with a B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base during the 90-minute flight Saturday night.