A Delta flight became tense and quiet for passengers after yet another scary incident in the skies.

The commercial pilot made an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber. AviationA2Z said the close call happened aboard a SkyWest flight 3788, operating as a Delta Connection, to Minot International Airport (MOT).

The SkyWest jet was coming in for a landing in Minot, North Dakota, on Friday when the jet nearly collided with the massive military plane.

Footage from passengers on board recorded the pilot’s apology after landing safely at the airport.

“Given his speed … I don’t know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us, I felt it was the safest thing to do to turn behind it,” the Delta pilot said.

“So sorry about the aggre

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