Jetblue A320 near Denver on Aug 19th 2012, unruly passenger

Last Update: August 20, 2012 / 22:15:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-677

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N658JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N658JB performing flight B6-677 from New York JFK,NY to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 140nm eastnortheast of Denver,CO (USA) when the crew initiated a descent towards Denver requesting law enforcement meet the aircraft at the gate due to an unruly passenger on board. The aircraft landed safely, Denver police escorted a male passenger in his thirties off the aircraft.

The aircraft reached Los Angeles with a delay of 2:20 hours.

A passenger reported that the youngish looking male initially appeared quite normal but became more and more restless during the flight until he left his seat and walked the aisle, then returned to his seat and after about 5 minutes appeared as if he wanted to fight. An air marshal swapped seats to sit aside of the unruly, another passenger kept talking to the unruly and seemed to calm him down. After landing a woman filed a complaint with police stating the unruly had groped her.

The airline confirmed the aircraft diverted because of an unruly passenger.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-677

Departure
New York JFK, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N658JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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