JetBlue pilot calls Air Force near-miss 'outrageous'
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A JetBlue flight in the Caribbean had to stop its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. The pilot blamed the tanker for crossing his path.
(The Hill) — A JetBlue pilot said a “midair collision” was avoided near Venezuela in an incident the commercial pilot is blaming on the pilot of a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said ...
Air-ground radio communications have revealed that a JetBlue Airbus A320 crew in the Caribbean was startled by a US Air Force tanker in their vicinity which apparently did not have its transponder active.