Jetblue A320 at New York on Sep 2nd 2018, nose wheel steering failure

Last Update: September 3, 2018 / 21:45:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1274

Aircraft Registration
N580JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N580JB performing flight B6-1274 from Charleston,SC to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 149 people, was descending towards New York when the crew advised they had a minor situation on board, subsequently explaining they had no nose wheel steering. They would be able to vacate the runway but would then needed to be towed to the apron, they did not declare emergency and needed no assistance, ATC nonetheless had emergency services on stand by. The aircraft landed safely on JFK's runway 22L, vacated the runway and stopped, the crew again advising no assistance was needed. After landing the crew was asked to shut the engines down, but advised that they'd lose all electrical power with air conditioning out because APU was inoperative. The aircraft was towed to the apron.

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

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1274

Aircraft Registration
N580JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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