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The video shows a huge tornado vortex next to the plane while it ends up in Denver

The video shows a huge tornado vortex next to the plane while it ends up in Denver

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At least four Tornados swept through Colorado on May 18, said the National Weather Service, and one struck Bennet, just 35 miles from Denver.

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A passenger conquered a massive tornado from an aircraft window when her flight to Denver International Airport flew in Colorado.

Video material, which Kristelle Nielsen recorded on May 18, shows the plane that drops while dark clouds cover the sky with a huge tornado that revolves at some distance.

Nielsen remembers that he saw “crazy storm clouds” during the flight

Nielsen, a resident of Denver, said on USA TODAY on May 21 that after a wedding in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida, when they witnessed the spectacle.

Nielsen said her flight, which was operated by Southwest Airlines, was “for the most part very smoothly”, and when they approached Dasver, the pilot announced that they were expecting early arrival. A few minutes later, however, the pilot announced that landing was delayed by about 25 minutes due to the bad weather in the Denver region.

“We circled the sky somewhere east of the area from Denver, and I watched the window out of the window in some crazy storm clouds,” said Nielsen, adding that she also circled another south -west flight. “It was a bit rough to drive a little, but it wasn't as bad as we expected from the look of outside.”

Shortly afterwards, the crew announced that the flight had been cleared for the landing, but the plane revolved another time.

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“Extremely dark sky” dark Nielsen's view

As a native of Colorado, Nielsen said that she was flown in and from Denver many times, but could not find out where the plane was in the middle of the tornado due to the “extremely dark sky”.

“You couldn't see the mountains or downtown Denver to find out where we were,” said Nielsen. “There were no identifiers.”

When the plane started to climb, Nielsen realized that it went straight to the same dark clouds that she had observed when the plane circled in the middle of the air.

“Quite the sight”

When Nielsen looked outside of her window, she saw the tornado formed. Nielsen said she mentioned the tornado in front of her friend, who was sitting next to him, and asked other passengers to open their windows quickly and watch the Twister.

When Nielsen grabbed her phone and started to film, the tornado on the floor broke out into a full -blown twister.

“It was quite a sight to see when we came to our landing,” said Nielsen.

At least four tornados swept through the eastern levels in Colorado on May 18, said the National Weather Service. While two of the tornados near Bennett, about 35 miles east of Denver, landed, two more were seen in the counties of Adam and Elbert.

Nielsen praised Southwest Airlines and his crew as “fantastic from start to finish” and the “flight so funny”. After the flight had landed safely, the crew announced: “Welcome to Denver, and I bet they are the first people who have ever landed right next to a tornado,” said Nielsen, adding that the comments from all of this were created on board.

“It was a trip that we had not forgotten and had a fire at one airport and one tornado in the other,” said Nielsen about the flight and the fire that broke out on Friday, May 16, on the parking garage of the International Airport of Jacksonville. The fire was temporarily closed and disrupted plans for thousands of travelers.

“Keep your windows open because you may miss something that is worth seeing you!” Said Nielsen.

Saman Shafiq is a trendy news reporter for USA Today. Reach them at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow it on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.

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