A second near-collision involving a U.S. military aircraft and a civilian jet near Venezuelan airspace has been reported within days, raising concerns about flight safety as military activity intensifies in the Caribbean, according to air traffic recordings reviewed by CNN and renewed warnings from U.S. aviation authorities.
On Saturday, pilots of a Falcon 900EX private jet flying from Aruba to Miami reported narrowly avoiding a collision with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker near Venezuela. Audio captured by LiveATC.net shows one pilot telling air traffic controllers in Curaçao that the aircraft were "really close" at about 26,000 feet.
