‘Outrageous’: JetBlue pilot says he narrowly missed ‘midair collision’ with US military aircraft; audio surfaces
A JetBlue Airways pilot said on Friday he narrowly avoided a “midair collision” with a US military aircraft while climbing after takeoff from Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean island near Venezuela, according to the airline and air traffic control recordings.
The pilot is heard telling the air traffic controller that he had to stop his climb after a US Air Force air refueler entered its flight path at the same altitude “directly in front” and “within five miles” of the JetBlue plane, ABC News reported.
