A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US air force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.

“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.”

  • Rimu@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Didn’t stop everyone having a good foam at the mouth over it tho, aye 😜

    Pretty disappointing how few people really read the articles.

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      1 day ago

      You’re right, totally normal for US military to be aggressively flying over Venezuela for no reason