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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Niva Yadav

Delta airline pilot forced to swerve to avoid colliding with bomber plane

An airline pilot swerved mid-air to avoid a collision with a military bomber in North Dakota, USA, it has been revealed.

The SkyWest flight, operating as a Delta Connection from Minnesota to North Dakota, reportedly almost collided with a military jet – B-52 Stratofortress – flying out of Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota at around 8pm on July 18.

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