Jetblue A320 near Curacao on Dec 12th 2025, near collision with invisible US military aircraft

Last Update: December 14, 2025 / 11:23:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 12, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1112

Departure
Curacao, Curaçao

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N809JB performing flight B6-1112 from Curacao (Curacao) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was climbing through about FL333 out of Curacao cleared to climb FL350 when the crew spotted a military tanker, the transponder of which was not transmitting, ahead of them in close proximity crossing their flight path, obviously on its way into Venezuelean Airspace. Tthe A320 flight crew subsequently reported to ATC, that they had a military aircraft, a USA tanker aircraft without having its transponder on, crossing into their flight path at about the same altitude about 2-3nm ahead of them, they had to stop their climb, it was outragerous, the crew provided the approximate position to ATC. ATC confirmed they did not have that aircraft on their radar, later adding that aircraft was at FL340. The A320 crew advised they would be reporting the occurrence, they rated it a near midair collision. The A320 continued their climb normally and landed safely in New York about 4 hours later.

Air Traffic Control in Curacao confirmed, that the military aircraft was not visible on their radar.

The occurrence was also reported to the FAA by the Jetblue crew and is being investigated.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 12, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1112

Departure
Curacao, Curaçao

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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