JetBlue plane avoids collision with US Air Force plane near Venezuela

A JetBlue jetliner bound for New York performed an evasive maneuver last Friday to avoid a mid-air collision with a US Air Force plane near Venezuela, a pilot reported in an air traffic control recording. JetBlue Flight 1112 had taken off from Curacao and was flying approximately 40 miles (64 km) off the coast of Venezuela when the incident occurred. In recent weeks, the United States has stepped up its large-scale military presence in the southern Caribbean as President Donald Trump campaigns against Nicolas Maduro, bringing relations between the two nations to their most volatile point in years.