At that point, the pilot decided the safest thing to do was to turn behind it.
“Sorry about the aggressive maneuver,” the pilot told passengers. “It is not normal at all. I don’t know why they didn’t tell us about it. It was not fun. I do apologize for it. Thank you for understanding. Not a fun day at work.”
The video ends with passengers applauding.
The pilot said the tower in Minot does not have radar and controllers rely in visuals to direct aircraft. A nearby Air Force base does have radar, which had the pilot asking why nobody said, “Hey, there’s also a B-52 in the pattern.”
The Department of Defense referred inquiries to the Federal Aviation Administration “for this airspace control matter.”
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