Jetblue A320 near Charleston on Feb 8th 2018, fumes on board

Last Update: February 9, 2018 / 21:20:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 8, 2018

Classification
Accident

Cause
Fumes on board

Airline
Jetblue

Aircraft Registration
N519JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N519JB performing flight Fort Lauderdale,FL to Boston,MA (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 120nm northeast of Charleston,SC (USA) when the crew reported fumes on board causing a flight attendant to become sick and decided to divert to Charleston, where the aircraft landed about 25 minutes later. The flight attendant was taken to a hospital.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Charleston as a precaution following an odour on board. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to Charleston.

Passengers reported there was an odour like fuel on board immediately after takeoff. The crew indicated they were checking. About one hour later the captain announced they were diverting to Charleston after a flight attendant had become sick.

A replacement A320-200 registration N537JT reached Boston with a delay of 7:20 hours.

The occurence aircraft returned to service about 19 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 8, 2018

Classification
Accident

Cause
Fumes on board

Airline
Jetblue

Aircraft Registration
N519JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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