A JetBlue passenger aircraft came close to colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker jet during its takeoff from Curacao on Friday.
According to AP, JetBlue Flight 1112 was taking off from Curacao to New York City’s JFK airport when the military plane crossed its flight path. U.S. military aircraft have been active in the region amid ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela – whose coastline is roughly 40 miles south of the Caribbean island nation.
Global News published a recording of the JetBlue pilot’s conversation with air traffic controllers during the incident.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said. “They passed directly in our flight path [and] we had to stop our climb. They are not painting, they don’t have their…
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