Narrative:

Approaching mia's class B airspace from the northeast; I called mia tower to get a clearance to enter mia's airspace. Requested southbound I-95. Was cleared as requested. Shortly after I requested; 'helicopter X; westbound dolphin (which is south of the airport at mia international); south of your runways at all times.' it was approved as requested. I went westbound dolphin found the scene; made right orbits around it; and then came to a hover facing into the wind eastbound (still south of the runways but close to the extended centerline of the departure end of runway 12) for about 4-5 minutes when I heard the hissing noise of an airliner. Looked out in the direction of the noise which was to my right only to see that a little ahead and higher than me was what I believe to be a passenger-carrying airliner. Shortly after; I heard the pilot of the other aircraft tell the tower that 'he had almost hit the helicopter.' the tower replied that 'he would relay the message and that I should have been north of his path.' the other pilot then said that 'if he would have made the left turn as instructed; he would have hit me' and then proceeded on saying that 'he didn't feel too good about the whole thing.' I was never advised by the controller to stay clear of the extended departure end of runway 12 for departing traffic or advised of any departing traffic.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot had a NMAC with an air carrier aircraft near MIA.

Narrative: Approaching MIA's Class B airspace from the northeast; I called MIA Tower to get a clearance to enter MIA's airspace. Requested southbound I-95. Was cleared as requested. Shortly after I requested; 'helicopter X; westbound Dolphin (which is south of the airport at MIA International); south of your runways at all times.' It was approved as requested. I went westbound Dolphin found the scene; made right orbits around it; and then came to a hover facing into the wind eastbound (still south of the runways but close to the extended centerline of the departure end of Runway 12) for about 4-5 minutes when I heard the hissing noise of an airliner. Looked out in the direction of the noise which was to my right only to see that a little ahead and higher than me was what I believe to be a passenger-carrying airliner. Shortly after; I heard the pilot of the other aircraft tell the Tower that 'he had almost hit the helicopter.' The Tower replied that 'he would relay the message and that I should have been north of his path.' The other pilot then said that 'if he would have made the left turn as instructed; he would have hit me' and then proceeded on saying that 'he didn't feel too good about the whole thing.' I was never advised by the Controller to stay clear of the extended departure end of Runway 12 for departing traffic or advised of any departing traffic.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.