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‘Nobody more important:’ Pilot walks out of cockpit to reassure passengers

Before takeoff, passenger Devon Hall filmed a speech by Delta Captain Phil “Ritz” Smith, who took a moment to reassure passengers after a number of plane crashes in the news rattled fliers at the start of 2025.

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