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2025-07-23 Science & Technology

A private company runs the control tower where a B-52 got too close to a passenger jet. It's more common than you might think

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Posted by Besoeker 2025-07-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [118 views ] Top

#1 Video taken from the ND State fairgrounds shows both the airliner and the oncoming B52 here: https://www.kfyrtv.com/2025/07/21/concertgoer-state-fair-captures-two-planes-around-time-near-miss-skies-above-minot/

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-07-23 00:11|| 2025-07-23 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 From watching the video, it seems to me the miss was not as near as the press makes it seem. Perhaps the pilot was startled, new to flying into a B-52 haven?

Posted by Bobby 2025-07-23 10:17|| 2025-07-23 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 https://www.kfyrtv.com/2025/07/21/concertgoer-state-fair-captures-two-planes-around-time-near-miss-skies-above-minot/

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-23 10:51|| 2025-07-23 10:51|| Front Page Top

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