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NTSB focused on controllers after B-52 bomber and two planes nearly collided over North Dakota

This photo from the North Dakota Governor’s Office shows a B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in a flyover at the North Dakota State Fair on Friday, July 18, 2025, in Minot, N.D.. (North Dakota Governor’s Office via AP)Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided…

NTSB says B-52 bomber nearly hit two different planes in North Dakota last month

This photo from the North Dakota Governor’s Office shows a B-52 bomber from Minot Air Force Base in a flyover at the North Dakota State Fair on Friday, July 18, 2025, in Minot, N.D.. (North Dakota Governor’s Office via AP)Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided…

Small plane lands in cornfield near Battle Lake, Minnesota

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) — No one was injured when a Piper Super Cub airplane lost power and was forced to land in a corn field near Battle Lake, Minnesota on Saturday. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the 41-year-old male pilot from Kindred, North Dakota lost power as he approached the landing strip. The plane touched down and ended…

Cleanup continues at train derailment site near Carrington

Courtesy, Doug ZinkCARRINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Cleanup continues on a train derailment that happened Friday near Carrington, North Dakota. More than 20 Canadian Pacific train cars carrying hazardous material went off the tracks. Fire crews have extinguished most of the fire. Crews are working to complete the removal and isolation of the derailed rail cars containing methanol, anhydrous ammonia and…

UPDATE: Pilot identified in fatal crop dusting aircraft crash near New Rockford

UPDATE: The pilot is identified as Lawrence Polries, 63, of Jamestown, ND.   NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Federal investigators will look into the crash of a crop dusting airplane south of New Rockford in east-central North Dakota. The 63-year-old male pilot from Jamestown died on scene. Highway Patrol says he was flying west after spraying a pass when he…

Three People From Twin Cities Dead In Small Plane Crash Near Duluth

HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Three people are dead after their small plane crashes into a house in Hermantown, Minnesota, late Saturday night. The airplanes pilot was 32-year-old Tyler Fretland of Burnsville. His passengers were 32-year-old Alyssa Schmidt of St. Paul and her brother, 31-year-old Matthew Schmidt of Burnsville. The Cessna 172 disappeared from radar just before midnight and first responders found…

Pilot of small plane that crashed in Minnesota dies

HUTCHINSON, Minn. – One of two people injured in a small plane crash in McLeod County earlier this week has died. Authorities say Richard Jolkovsky died from injuries caused by a single-engine plane crash south of Hutchinson.  The 61-year-old Avon man was piloting the plane. A 24-year-old passenger remains hospitalized in stable condition. The plane had taken off from Flying Cloud…

Three Dead in Amtrak Derailment in Montana

Empire Builder was heading to Seattle from Chicago

Amtrak derailment. Sept. 25, 2021JOPLIN, MT. (AP) — A team of investigators from the NTSB are at the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana that killed three people and left seven hospitalized. The westbound Empire Builder was heading to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars, when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday near…

UPDATE: Victims of Plane Crash in Victoria, MN Identified

VICTORIA, Minn. (AP) —  A relative has identified three people killed in the fiery crash of a small plane in southeastern Minnesota as a surgeon from Omaha, Nebraska, and two of his family members from Wyoming. Jo Mertes, of Mantador, North Dakota, told the Star Tribune Sunday that her nephew, 42-year-old Jacob Mertes and his 37-year-old wife, Sara Mertes, of…

“Spatial Disorientation” To Blame For Deadly 2017 Plane Crash Near Thief River Falls

Three Men From Wyoming Died In The Crash

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN — A final report from federal investigators says the plane that crashed near Thief River Falls killing three Wyoming men likely occurred because the pilot lost control due to spatial disorientation. The Rawlins Times reports 69-year-old pilot Moy Wing, 27-year-old Brian Duke and 26-year-old Zach Ostertag died when the single-engine Cessna went down shortly after takeoff from…