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United Airlines Jet Near Miss With B-52 Over California
United Airlines said a Convair jet was driven into a 500 foot dive to evade a B 52 bomber that came within 300 yards over Modesto California. Two aboard were hospitalized for X rays after reporting soreness weeks later. The B 52 had just taken off from Castle Air Force Base and officials said the incident followed an approved flight plan.
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San Francisco
UPI
United Airlines
Modesto
Calif
United
Peter
Rogers
J. B. Hooper
Los Angeles
H. K. Inglis
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
Air Force
William E. Eubank Jr
Eubank
CAA
Convair
Stew Wardess
I Ilen Militaranes