Jetblue A320 at West Palm Beach on Jan 15th 2023, bird strike

Last Update: January 16, 2023 / 20:22:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-62

Departure
West Palm Beach, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N821JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N821JB performing flight B6-62 from West Palm Beach,FL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was climbing out of West Palm Beach's runway 28R when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting they had taken a bird into the left hand engine (V2527) and decided to return to West Palm Beach, the crew agreed to be handed off to departure and sequenced back in via departure. Another aircraft reported there were buzzards around the runway. The crew reported on final approach the engine was still kept running and landed the aircraft without further incident on runway 28R about 25 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration N649JB reached New York with a delay of about 9.5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in West Palm Beach about 27 hours after landing back.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N821JB
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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TCDS Ident. No.
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Number of Seats
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ICAO Aircraft Type
A320
Year of Manufacture
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Serial Number
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Engine Count
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Engine Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Cause
Bird strike

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-62

Departure
West Palm Beach, United States

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N821JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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