The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 15, 2025 JetBlue Plane Narrowly Avoids "Midair Collision" with U.S. Military Aircraft Near Venezuela ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Jet Blue Airways pilot says he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path while taking off from Curaçao on Friday. The pilot said the U.S. military aircraft was headed toward Venezuelan airspace. .