RAF spy plane flies over path of oil tanker pursued by America through Atlantic

An RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint surveillance plane can be seen to have flown over the same area of the Atlantic on flight tracking platforms (Alamy/PA) -

An RAF spy plane appears to have flown over the path of an oil tanker in the North Atlantic after the vessel reportedly escaped the US naval blockade of Venezuela.

The Marinera, a Russian-flagged tanker previously known as the Bella 1, appears to be making its way north-east through the Atlantic, with several media reports suggesting it had avoided US President Donald Trump’s “total naval blockade” of the South American country, in place since late December.