{"id":3633,"date":"2025-12-14T22:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:08:52","slug":"jetblue-flight-near-venezuela-avoids-midair-collision-with-u-s-air-force-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids midair collision with U.S. Air Force tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Cura\u00e7ao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.<\/p>\n

\n

\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

The incident involved JetBlue Flight 1112 from Cura\u00e7ao, which is just off the coast of Venezuela, en route to New York City\u2019s JFK airport. It comes as the U.S. military has stepped up its drug interdiction activities in the Caribbean and is also seeking to\u00a0increase pressure\u00a0on Venezuela\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had traffic pass directly in front of us within 5 miles of us \u2014 maybe 2 or 3 miles \u2014 but it was an air-to air-refueler from the United States Air Force and he was at our altitude,\u201d the pilot said. \u201cWe had to stop our climb.\u201d The pilot said the Air Force plane then headed into Venezuelan air space.<\/p>\n

Derek Dombrowski, a spokesman for JetBlue, said Sunday: \u201cWe have reported this incident to federal authorities and will participate in any investigation.\u201d He added, \u201cOur crewmembers 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

The Pentagon referred The Associated Press to the Air Force for comment. The Air Force didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration\u00a0last month issued a warning\u00a0to U.S. 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

According to the air traffic recording, the controller responded to the pilot, \u201cIt has been outrageous with the unidentified aircraft within our air.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
Join us at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit <\/strong>May 19\u201320, 2026, in Atlanta. The next era of workplace innovation is here\u2014and the old playbook is being rewritten. At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world\u2019s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work. Register now.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

#JetBlue #flight #Venezuela #avoids #midair #collision #U.S #Air #Force #tanker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A JetBlue flight from the smal… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[1417,1409,3586,3588,3585,2017,3584,3587,1136,3589,764,3512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}