JetBlue flight avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force tanker near Venezuela

A JetBlue pilot said a “midair collision” was avoided near Venezuela in an incident the commercial pilot is blaming on the pilot of a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. “We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control obtained by NewsNation….