Delta-piloot voorkomt botsing met B-52-bommenwerper boven North Dakota

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Minot, North Dakota – Een mogelijk ernstig luchtvaartincident werd voorkomen dankzij het snelle handelen van een Delta Connection-piloot, die een "agressieve" uitwijkmanoeuvre uitvoerde om een botsing met een Amerikaanse B-52-bommenwerper te vermijden.  Het voorval vond plaats tijdens vlucht DL3788, uitgevoerd door een Embraer 175LR (registratie N604CZ), op weg van Minneapolis naar Minot op 19 juli 2025.  Op sociale media werd de gezagvoerder geprezen om zijn kalme en beheerste optreden tijdens de stressvolle situatie. Een passagier merkte op dat de gedetailleerde uitleg van de piloot hielp om zowel de bemanning als de passagiers gerust te stellen.  Ondanks de schrik landde het toestel veilig in Minot en raakte niemand gewond. Delta en militaire autoriteiten hebben het incident nog niet officieel becommentarieerd.  Telegram @aviact

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00:00For those of you on the right-hand side, you probably saw the airplane kind of sort of coming at us.

00:04Nobody told us about it, and so we continued on air traffic.

00:09There's no radar here, so the tower is controlled.

00:13The tower does everything visually, and so they said report about six miles from the airport.

00:20So we did that.

00:21I think he realized that the spacing wasn't going to work, and he said turn right.

00:25And I looked over, and there was an airplane, which those of you on the right-hand side,

00:31I thought it was a small airplane like the one you see at the airport right now doing touch-and-goats.

00:38And he said turn right.

00:42I said there's an airplane over there, and he says turn left.

00:44And then by the time we read back to clearance, looked over and saw the airplane that was kind of coming on an converging course with us.

00:52And so given his speed, it was the military.

00:55I don't know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us.

00:57I felt it was the same as they could do to turn behind it.

00:59So sorry about the aggressive maneuver.

01:01It caught me by surprise.

01:03This is not normal at all.

01:05I don't know why they didn't give us a heads up, because the airport base does have radar,

01:10and nobody said, hey, there's also a B-52 in the pattern.

01:14You know, I mean, long story short, it was not fun, but I do apologize for it.

01:21And I thank you for understanding those kind of things.

01:24It's not a fun day at work.

01:26Have a nice evening, and I'm glad you're here.

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