SkyWest pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ avoiding midair collision with B-52 bomber

The pilot of a SkyWest Airlines flight operated by Delta Air Lines was forced to perform an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber on Friday. LiveNOW’s Andrew Craft has the latest as the Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating the incident.

One passenger, Monica Green, who was seated in the front of the plane, described the atmosphere on the aircraft as “weirdly calm” given the sharp turns.

“Honestly, everyone was weirdly calm,” she told local station KFYR. “I felt like I was gaslighting myself, like maybe I was being crazy, because no one else was reacting. We took a really hard turn, and that’s when the pilot got on the intercom and said, ‘Sorry everybody, I’ll explain everything when we land safely.’ The way he said it, it almost sounded like he was insinuating that landing safely might not be an option for a moment. We all just kind of looked at each other and stayed quiet.”

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