American Airlines captain recalls learning of 9/11 attacks mid-flight

Retired American Airlines captain Beverly Bass joins ‘The Will Cain Show’ to reflect on flying over the Atlantic on September 11, 2001, learning of the terrorist attacks and being made to divert her flight to Canada.

Retired American Airlines captain Beverly Bass recounts the uncertainty in the cockpit after learning of the September 11 terrorist attacks while flying across the Atlantic. She describes the unprecedented closure of U.S. airspace that forced her Boeing 777 to divert to Canada and reflects on how the events of that day changed aviation forever.