JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US tankerThe incident involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Curacao, which is just off the coast of Venezuela, en route to New York City’s JFK airport.
The US Air Force plane then headed into Venezuelan airspace, a JetBlue pilot said [O'Meara/AP]
By The Associated Press
Published On 14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025
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A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curacao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refuelling tanker on Friday, with the JetBlue pilot blaming the military plane for crossing his path.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path… They don’t have their transponder turned on. It’s outrageous.”....
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....The air traffic controller said he couldn’t see the tanker on his radar screen either, but suggested the unknown military aircraft was part of a trend. “They’ve been outrageous with the unidentified aircraft within our airspace,” the controller told the pilot.
Just a day later, on Saturday night, air traffic controllers in Curaçao told at least three other pilots, including those for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, to be aware of unidentified aircraft in their vicinity, an apparent reference to other planes flying without their transponders on. The recordings were posted on LiveATC.net,....
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