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Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
The Guardian
•December 14, 2025•By Associated Press👁️0
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JetBlue pilot calls incident ‘outrageous’ and says US military refueling tanker didn’t have transponder turned onA JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US air force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed 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.” Continue reading...
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