{"id":348768,"date":"2025-12-18T00:22:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/second-near-midair-collision-reported-near-venezuela-with-us-air-force-tanker\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T00:22:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:22:28","slug":"second-near-midair-collision-reported-near-venezuela-with-us-air-force-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=348768","title":{"rendered":"Second near midair collision reported near Venezuela with US Air Force tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A second near midair collision involving a US Air Force aerial refueling tanker was reported near Venezuelan airspace, raising renewed concerns about military\u00a0aircraft\u00a0operating\u00a0without transponders in a busy international flight corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest incident occurred\u00a0on December 13, 2025,\u00a0and involved a\u00a0Falcon 900EX business jet\u00a0flying from\u00a0Oranjestad, Aruba, to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, according to radio transmissions and incident reporting. The flight crew reported the encounter\u00a0to\u00a0air traffic controllers in Cura\u00e7ao shortly after takeoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Controllers initially warned the Falcon crew of unidentified traffic\u00a0roughly 10\u00a0miles ahead on a reciprocal course and issued a heading change. According to the pilot, the maneuver instead placed the\u00a0aircraft\u00a0on a collision course with\u00a0what appeared to be a\u00a0large military tanker, later believed to be a\u00a0KC-46 or KC-135.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were really close,\u201d one of the pilots told air traffic control during the exchange. \u201cWe were climbing right into him,\u201d the pilot added, estimating\u00a0the encounter occurred at\u00a0approximately\u00a026,000\u00a0feet\u00a0while climbing to\u00a038,000 feet. The crew described the opposing\u00a0aircraft\u00a0as \u201csomething big,\u201d initially mistaking it for a widebody airliner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Air traffic controllers later\u00a0indicated\u00a0the unidentified\u00a0aircraft\u00a0was maneuvering irregularly. The Falcon\u00a0ultimately cleared\u00a0the conflict and continued to Miami, where it landed without further incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The encounter followed a\u00a0similar near miss one day earlier, when the pilots of a\u00a0JetBlue A320\u00a0flying from Cura\u00e7ao to New York\u2019s John F. Kennedy International Airport reported that a US military tanker crossed directly in front of their flight path<\/a> during\u00a0their\u00a0climb. The JetBlue crew said the tanker was\u00a0operating\u00a0without an active transponder, forcing them to abruptly\u00a0stop\u00a0their climb to avoid a collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Audio from that earlier incident, reviewed by multiple outlets, captured the JetBlue pilot describing the situation as \u201coutrageous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Federal Aviation Administration\u00a0issued an advisory last month\u00a0warning US airlines of\u00a0heightened military activity\u00a0near Venezuela, cautioning that threats could pose risks to\u00a0aircraft\u00a0at all altitudes, including during overflight and departure and arrival phases. The FAA reiterated the warning this week following the second reported incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several international carriers have since reduced or suspended service to Venezuela.\u00a0Copa Airlines\u00a0said it would extend its suspension of flights to and from Caracas through at least January 15, 2026,\u00a0due to operational conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0US Southern Command\u00a0confirmed it is reviewing both incidents, while the\u00a0National Transportation Safety Board\u00a0said it is gathering information. Dutch aviation authorities also acknowledged awareness of the incidents, which occurred in airspace near Cura\u00e7ao, part of the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A second near midair collision involving a US Air Force aerial refueling tanker was reported near Venezuelan airspace, raising renewed concerns about military\u00a0aircraft\u00a0operating\u00a0without transponders in a busy international flight corridor.\u00a0 The latest incident occurred\u00a0on December 13, 2025,\u00a0and involved a\u00a0Falcon 900EX business jet\u00a0flying from\u00a0Oranjestad, Aruba, to Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, according to radio transmissions and incident […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[2236,25144,4040,31842,29832,72158,41353],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-348768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-air","tag-collision","tag-force","tag-midair","tag-reported","tag-tanker","tag-venezuela"],"yoast_head":"\nSecond near midair collision reported near Venezuela with US Air Force tanker - 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