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U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows

The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Airlines and Airplanes

Topics: control, traffic, detected, could, activated, transponder, location, without, flying, tanker, refueling, Force, Shows, Traffic, Radio, Caribbean, Collided, Nearly, Flight, JetBlue, Plane, Military

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/world/americas/jetblue-venezuela-midair-collision-us-air-force.html