Jetblue A320 near Minot on Jun 18th 2014, electrical odour in cockpit

Last Update: June 20, 2014 / 17:12:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-597

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N564JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N564JB performing flight B6-597 from Boston,MA to Seattle,WA (USA) with 132 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 90nm northeast of Minot,ND (USA) when the crew noticed an electrical odour on the flight deck and decided to divert to Minot for a safe landing about 23 minutes later. The crew cancelled the emergency after landing advising the smell had dissipated.

The incident aircraft was able to continue the flight after 4:15 hours on the ground and reached Seattle with a delay of 4.5 hours.

On Jun 20th 2014 the Canadian TSB reported that the aircraft was approximately 75nm southwest of Winnipeg,MB (Canada) when the crew detected heavy electrical odour in the cockpit and spotted the cabin air recirculation fan circuit breaker had tripped. The crew worked the related checklists turning off the inflight entertainment system, declared emergency and diverted to Minot. Maintenance identified the left cabin air recirculation fan was faulty, disconnected the fan and the inflight entertainment system and released the aircraft to continue the flight under minimum equipment list requirements.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-597

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Seattle, United States

Aircraft Registration
N564JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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