A Delta connection service was forced to execute an emergency "go-around" to avoid a mid-air collision with a US Air Force B-52 bomber, flight records have shown. The SkyWest-operated flight, travelling from Minneapolis to Minot in North Dakota,

The pilot, who identified the aircraft as a US B-52 bomber, is heard saying it was "kind of, sort of coming at us".

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is investigating a near miss between a SkyWest Airlines jet and a U.S. Air Force jet over North Dakota last week. SkyWest Flight 3788, an Embraer ERJ-175 operating as a Delta Connection flight from Minneapolis to Minot,

The pilot of the SkyWest flight apologized to passengers after having to make an "aggressive maneuver" to avoid what he identified as a B-52 bomber near Minot.