SkyWest flight performed ‘go-around’ to avoid colliding with a second aircraft
A SkyWest flight had to perform a go-around maneuver after it nearly collided with a second aircraft Friday before it landed in North Dakota. The air traffic control tower had cleared the plane to approach the airport, but the pilot "performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their flight path," SkyWest said in a statement. The SkyWest pilot identified the second plane as a B-52 bomber. The Air Force said Sunday evening that it was "looking into" reports of a military aircraft “operating in the same airspace” as a commercial airplane. It added that a B-52 assigned to Minot Air Force Base had conducted a flyover of the North Dakota State Fair on Friday evening. Delta Flight 3788, operated by SkyWest, landed safely in Minot, North Dakota, after it flew in from Minneapol...