JetBlue pilot calls Air Force near-miss 'outrageous'
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A JetBlue Airways pilot reported narrowly avoiding a midair collision with a U.S. Air Force aircraft near the Venezuelan coast on Friday, an incident that has drawn renewed attention to the risks posed by intensified U.
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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JetBlue Flight Reported Near-Miss With Military Plane Over Caribbean
A JetBlue flight from Curacao to New York JFK nearly collided with a U.S. military plane that wasn’t transmitting its location, prompting the FAA to issue a cautionary notice for Curacao's airspace.
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Near miss: JFK-bound JetBlue flight aborts climb to avoid Air Force tanker, reports say
Caribbean Sea near Venezuela. JetBlue Flight 1112, an Airbus A320 from Willemstad, Curaçao, to New York’s JFK Airport, was climbing when a military tanker crossed its flight path at the same altitude,
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