US airline pilot makes ‘aggressive maneuver’ to avoid colliding with air force bomber

Tracking data showed SkyWest flight on descent before making sharp right turn while also showing B-52 in the area

The pilot of a commercial airliner has said he needed to make an aggressive maneuver" to avoid colliding with a US air force B-52 bomber as it landed in Minot, North Dakota, on Friday.

The SkyWest airlines pilot said he had been cleared to land on a trip from Minneapolis-St Paul (MSP) to Minot when he spotted the vast nuclear-capable bomber on his right side and was told to go around.