Afternoon three days ago, The pilot of a JetBlue flight headed to New York reported that he narrowly avoided colliding with an Air Force tanker flying over the Caribbean. The military aircraft was not broadcasting its location. The pilot was quoted as saying, quote, they don't have their transponder turned on. It's outrageous. We almost had a mid air collision up here. (00:04–00:15)
CLAIM
Asserts a near collision incident involving a JetBlue flight and an Air Force tanker.
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