The Federal Aviation Administration renewed a safety alert for aircraft operating in Venezuelan airspace after a JetBlue flight reported a near-miss with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker that climbed at the same altitude near Curaçao.Flight recordings and tracking data show the JetBlue captain warned controllers that the tanker was not broadcasting a transponder, that the crew had to stop their climb and that other commercial flights had been warned, and JetBlue said it reported the incident to U.S. authorities.U.S. Southern Command and federal aviation officials, with spokesman
Manny Ortiz stressing that crews follow procedures, are reviewing radar, recordings and flight data amid expanded U.S. naval and air operations the
Donald Trump administration says target narcotics networks tied to
Nicolás Maduro; the campaign has included strikes that killed at least 95 people and a $50 million reward.