The captain of a regional flight carrying 80 people said he was forced to make a sharp turn as a B-52 approached rapidly

The pilot of a US regional flight had to make “an aggressive maneuver” to avoid a mid-air collision with a B-52 bomber in North Dakota on Friday, according to a recording of an announcement to passengers published on social media.

A Delta Airlines flight operated by SkyWest was on final approach to Minot, North Dakota, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a B-52 Stratofortress from a nearby Air Force Base appeared without warning.

“Sorry about the aggressive maneuver,” the captain told passengers after the landing on Friday in a…

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