Tag Archives: MidAir

One person died and three were injured Sunday morning after two planes collided midair at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 were both trying to land at the Fort Morgan airport when they crashed and caught fire at about 10:40 a.m. Sunday, according to an emailed statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency …

A red-footed booby hones in on a flying fish. Scientists attached minuscule cameras to two red-footed boobies, which recorded footage of the seabirds hunting a shoal of flying fish in the Indian Ocean. The birds live on a remote archipelago and were following the fish that can make powerful leaps out of the water. The camera caught the boobies plucking …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Skyfall is an innovative mission by NASA and AeroVironment, Inc. to deploy six autonomous helicopters on Mars. 🛩️ Building on Ingenuity’s success, the mission aims to enhance Martian exploration with faster and cost-effective methods. 📡 The helicopters will act as aerial scouts, providing high-resolution images and data to prepare for future human landings. 🔍 Skyfall could …

Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and its altitude readings were inaccurate. The details came out of the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington, where investigators aim to uncover insights into …

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport. On Friday, a Southwest plane leaving from the same location had a near-miss with another aircraft. Mario Tama/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images North America A Southwest Airlines flight dropped several hundred feet in a matter of seconds to avoid a midair collision, after the …

Two Southwest flight attendants hurt after jet dives to avoid mid-air collision  Reuters Southwest flight abruptly descends to avoid mid-air collision with another plane near Burbank airport  ABC7 Los Angeles Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants  BBC Southwest Airlines jet dives as a fighter jet crosses its path near Los Angeles  CNN Southwest flight descends 475 feet to avoid ‘midair collision’ with Hawker Hunter  ABC …

A Delta airlines pilot was forced to make an “aggressive” evasive manoeuvre to avoid a potential mid-air collision with a US fighter jet before landing in North Dakota. The pilot, who identified the aircraft as a B-52 bomber, is heard in video recordings shared on social media saying it was “kind of, sort of coming at us”. “So, sorry about …

Delta pilot forced to make ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid mid-air collision with B-52 bomber  WSB-TV Delta regional pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid B-52 collision  ABC News SkyWest flight performed ‘go-around’ to avoid colliding with a second aircraft  NBC News Pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid collision with B-52 bomber  The Washington Post Delta regional jet pilot apologizes to passengers for ‘aggressive maneuver’ to …

MINOT, N.D (KMOT/Gray News) – A commercial pilot made an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. According to AviationA2Z, the close call happened aboard a SkyWest flight 3788, operating as a Delta Connection, to Minot International Airport (MOT). A near-collision occurred close to Minot Saturday night involving a B-52 bomber and a …

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – UPDATE (7/20/25 4:41 P.M.): Monica Green says the incident occurred Friday night. ORIGINAL STORY: A SkyWest Flight operating as a Delta connection between Minneapolis and Minot turned into a tense and quiet ride for passengers after pilots took evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. According to AviationA2Z, the …