JetBlue, US Air Force and Venezuela
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Air traffic recordings reveal a JetBlue pilot’s alarm after a close encounter with a U.S. Air Force plane in Caribbean airspace near Venezuela.
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Near miss: JFK-bound JetBlue flight aborts climb to avoid Air Force tanker, reports say
A New York-bound JetBlue jet reportedly came within miles of a US Air Force refueling tanker that was not squawking on radar, triggering a tense radio exchange and a likely federal probe. The pilot radioed,
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
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