{"id":4371,"date":"2025-12-15T05:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/jetblue-flight-near-venezuela-avoids-midair-collision-with-us-tanker\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:44:06","slug":"jetblue-flight-near-venezuela-avoids-midair-collision-with-us-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/jetblue-flight-near-venezuela-avoids-midair-collision-with-us-tanker\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids \u2018midair collision\u2019 with US tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The incident involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Curacao, which is just off the coast of Venezuela, en route to New York City\u2019s JFK airport.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe almost had a midair collision up here,\u201d the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. \u201cThey passed directly in our flight path\u2026 They don\u2019t have their transponder turned on. It\u2019s outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/13\/venezuela-oil-exports-fall-steeply-after-us-forces-seize-tanker-off-coast\">Venezuela oil exports fall steeply after US forces seize tanker off coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/13\/colombias-eln-rebels-prepare-for-battle-amid-trump-intervention-threat\">Colombia\u2019s ELN rebels prepare for battle amid Trump \u2018intervention\u2019 threat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/upfront\/2025\/12\/14\/why-the-us-is-targeting-venezuela\">Why the US is targeting Venezuela<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/12\/maduro-will-leave-power-machado-vows-venezuela-leadership-change\">\u2018Maduro will leave power\u2019: Machado vows Venezuela leadership change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>It comes as the US military has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/upfront\/2025\/12\/14\/why-the-us-is-targeting-venezuela\">stepped up its drug interdiction activities<\/a> in the Caribbean and is also seeking to increase pressure on the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just had traffic pass directly in front of us, within 5 miles [8km] of us \u2013 maybe 2 or 3 miles [3 or 5km] \u2013 but it was an air-to air refueller from the United States Air Force, and he was at our altitude,\u201d the pilot said. \u201cWe had to stop our climb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pilot said the US Air Force plane then headed into Venezuelan airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Dombrowski, a spokesman for JetBlue, said on Sunday: \u201cWe have reported this incident to federal authorities and will participate in any investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cOur crew members are trained on proper procedures for various flight situations, and we appreciate our crew for promptly reporting this situation to our leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon referred The Associated Press agency to the Air Force for comment. The Air Force did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The US Federal Aviation Administration last month issued a warning to US aircraft, urging them to \u201cexercise caution\u201d when in Venezuelan airspace, \u201cdue to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the air traffic recording, the controller responded to the JetBlue pilot, \u201cIt has been outrageous with the unidentified aircraft within our air.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incident involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Curacao, which is just off the coast of Venezuela, en route to New York City\u2019s JFK airport. 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 &#8230; <a title=\"JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids \u2018midair collision\u2019 with US tanker\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/jetblue-flight-near-venezuela-avoids-midair-collision-with-us-tanker\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids \u2018midair collision\u2019 with US tanker\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}