Jetblue A320 near Atlantic City on Jun 28th 2017, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: June 30, 2017 / 20:29:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1443

Aircraft Registration
N645JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N645JB performing flight B6-1443 from Newark,NJ to West Palm Beach,FL (USA), was climbing out of Newark when the crew stopped the climb at about FL230 reporting smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Atlantic City,NJ for a safe landing about 15 minutes later.

The FAA reported the aircraft diverted due to smoke in the cockpit. The same aircraft later continued the flight.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted out of abundance of caution due to unusual odour in the cabin. The odour was identified to originate from equipment in the aft galley. The same aircraft continued to West Palm Beach.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration N535JB continued the flight and reached West Palm Beach with a delay of 500 minutes.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 11.5 hours, then positioned to New York JFK and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 28, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jetblue

Flight number
B6-1443

Aircraft Registration
N645JB

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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