{"id":125740,"date":"2025-12-17T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=125740"},"modified":"2025-12-17T00:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:36:57","slug":"us-business-jet-avoids-collision-with-mysterious-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/us-business-jet-avoids-collision-with-mysterious-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"US Business Jet Avoids Collision with Big Mysterious Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Dassault Falcon 900 operating as N888ZA departed Oranjestad Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) for Miami Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF) when it encountered close traffic shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew reported a near miss with an unidentified widebody aircraft after being instructed to turn due to conflicting radar returns north of Aruba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Greg Goebel – https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/37467370@N08\/7386900482, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=20448076<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Business Jet Avoids Collision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Falcon 900 was climbing toward flight level 380 when Cura\u00e7ao Center directed a right turn to avoid unidentified traffic ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew complied but soon reported visual contact with an aircraft they described as large and unusually close. They questioned why no traffic alert was triggered and noted that the turn placed them on a converging path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATC advised that the unidentified aircraft was maneuvering irregularly and later warned of another aircraft approaching from the Falcon\u2019s five o\u2019clock position. The controller estimated the conflicting traffic at roughly flight level 260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew stated they were climbing directly into its path and identified it visually as similar to a Boeing 777<\/a> or 767. ATC later confirmed that the trailing traffic had turned eastbound and no longer posed a risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Mark Harkin – 100_6024 N615MS, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=23483481<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ATC Communications Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The exchange shows the controller issuing avoidance vectors based on uncertain altitude data. The crew\u2019s comments underscore the unexpected proximity and the absence of a resolution advisory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their visibility of the aircraft supported their assessment that it was a widebody type moving unpredictably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a detailed a decription of communication between ATC and Pilot as flagged by YouCanSeeATC as recorded by LiveATC.net:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:14}<\/strong>
Pilot: Hello, Cura\u00e7ao, November 888 Zulu Alpha, 21.5 for flight level 240.
ATC: Good afternoon, climb FL380.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:27}<\/strong>
ATC: 88 Alpha, turn right heading 020. Identified traffic at 12 o\u2019clock, closing, 10 miles, level not known.
Pilot: Right 020 for 88 Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:50}<\/strong>
Pilot: Right 020, 88 Alpha. We got that traffic. I don\u2019t know how we didn\u2019t get an RA for that, but they were really close and you turned us into them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:60}<\/strong>
ATC: They keep on turning irregular. Proceed direct to KFE, 88 Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:69}<\/strong>
ATC: And 88 Alpha, you have another one coming up behind you at your 5 o\u2019clock, 8 miles out.
Pilot: Okay, 88 Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:90}<\/strong>
Pilot: 88 Alpha, could you indicate what altitude the traffic was on?
ATC: Somewhere around 260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:98}<\/strong>
Pilot: We were climbing right into him.
ATC: Roger, do you have any sight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:108}<\/strong>
Pilot: It was big, maybe like a Trip 7, 76, something like that, a widebody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{ts:114}<\/strong>
ATC: Roger, notify them. The traffic that was behind you is currently proceeding eastbound, so you\u2019re clear of traffic.
Pilot: Okay, thanks, 88 Zulu Alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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