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3 months ago
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Found this:
This was SKW3788, on 7/18, at 19:49 CT.
FlightRadar24 captured B-52H #61-0039 out of Minot doing a variety of flight maneuvers, until it turned off its transponder at roughly 6,000 feet at about 19:24.
SKW3788 approaches Minot about 20 minutes later. At 19:49, just a couple minutes from landing, it abruptly banks right and descends at over 2,000fpm for several seconds. Peaked out at -2,240fpm at just 2,550 feet.
It levels off and performs what looks like a standard go-around and landing from there.
This would have been terrifying for passengers even if they were strapped in, as momentarily they would have felt like they were veering off course and plunging to the ground. Thankfully the flight was actually in quite capable hands the whole time… but they wouldn’t know that until this announcement.
If this captain managed to dodge an unknown large military aircraft in the same landing pattern, by diving that hard that close to the Earth, and everyone walked away… he deserves a medal.
