Jetblue A320 near Tampa on Oct 30th 2025, inflight upset causes injuries

Last Update: October 31, 2025 / 16:40:35 GMT/Zulu time

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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

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N605JB performing flight B6-1230 from Cancun (Mexico) to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL350 about 70nm westsouthwest of Tampa,FL (USA) when the aircraft experienced an inflight upset causing injuries to a number of people. The aircraft descended rapidly, briefly maintained about 20,000 feet and continued the descent for an approach to Tampa. The crew reported they had had flight control problems that caused at least three injuries, head injuries, on board. The aircraft landed on Tampa's runway 01L about 20 minutes after leaving FL350.

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.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Date of Registration
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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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