Jetblue A320 near Tampa on Oct 30th 2025, inflight upset causes injuries
Last Update: November 7, 2025 / 16:15:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2025
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetblue
Flight number
B6-1230
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N605JB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Jetblue reported the affected passengers were taken to hospitals, the others were checked by medical staff the airport. The aircraft is now being checked. A replacement aircraft continued the flight but needed to divert to La Guardia before reaching Newark.
A replacement A320-200 registration N537JT continued the flight but diverted to New York La Guardia first and reached Newark with a delay of about 11 hours.
In a service difficulty report submitted to the FAA the operator stated, that the Elevator Aileron Computer #2 (ELAC2) was identified faulty causing an uncommanded pitch down in cruise flight, the autopilot remained engaged. ELAC2 was replaced. Quote of the brief SDRS description: "FLT#1230, CUN-EWR. (AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPA) "F/CTL ELAC 2 PITCH FAULT AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN UNCOMMANDED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. AUTOPILOT STAYED ON; PERFORMED INTEROGGATION OF FCDC SYS #2 IAW TSM 27-00-00-810-801-A. ACCORDING TO DFDR REPORTS, TECH SUPPORT IDENTIFIED ELAC #2 COMPUTER TO BE THE CAUSE. DUE TO DFDR, R/R ELAC SYS #2 IAW AMM 27-93-34. OPS CHK GOOD. TEST PASSED. NO FURTHER FAULTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. SYS OK FOR CONT SVC. ALL HYD FLUID QUANTITIES VERIFIED OKAY."
On Nov 7th 2025 the NTSB reported: "During cruise, the aircraft experienced an uncontrolled descent for approximately 4-5 seconds before the autopilot corrected the trajectory. This likely occurred during an ELAC switch change." The occurrence caused 10 injuries on board, the NTSB opened an investigation.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 30, 2025
Classification
Accident
Airline
Jetblue
Flight number
B6-1230
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
N605JB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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