A pilot flying a Delta Air Lines regional jet on Friday apologized to his passengers after making a hard turn to avoid colliding with a US Air Force B-52 bomber, audio from the incident shows.
The incident occurred on SkyWest Flight 3788, which was operating as a Delta Connection flight, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Minot, North Dakota, SkyWest said in a statement.
The flight landed safely in Minot “after being cleared for approach by the tower but performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their flight path,” the statement read.
Yeah it was a go around. Not newsworthy at all. It’s actually a correct and a fairly routine response. The fact that it was a military plane is the only reason it was given any traction. And that’s not a unique occurrence either!
Funny how the most down voted person is the only correct one here.
Hell I’ve made military jets perform a go around because of me being too slow on approach. God forbid that hits the national news! “Local 172 pilot wastes taxpayer funds by flying anemic plane”
I’m glad someone else realizes this. This happens on a daily occurrence folks. It really isn’t news.
I’ve been slowly finding out that, the more about a subject I know, the more ridiculous the people on Lemmy are…