Jetblue E190 at Worcester on Jan 19th 2015, lavatory smoke indication

Last Update: January 20, 2015 / 21:28:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 19, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-2019

Aircraft Registration
N229JB

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

A Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190, registration N229JB performing flight B6-2019 from Worcester,MA to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 77 passengers and 4 crew, was in the initial climb out Worcester's runway 29 when the crew advised they had an issue going and levelled off at 3000 feet, a minute later they declared emergency reporting they had "a lav smoke". On final The aircraft returned to Worcester, on final approach to runway 29 the crew advised the lav smoke announciation had gone out. The aircraft landed safely on runway 29 about 8 minutes after departure.

Passengers reported just after becoming airborne an alarm started to sound in the cabin and an odour similiar to rubber burning occurred.

The occurrence aircraft was able to position to Boston about 12.5 hours after landing back.

The flight is currently estimated to reach Fort Lauderdale with a delay of 1340 minutes (22:20 hours).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 19, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-2019

Aircraft Registration
N229JB

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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