Incident: Jetblue A320 near Jacksonville on Mar 8th 2010, unruly passengers

10.03.2010 - 09:32

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, flight B6-534 from Tampa,FL to Newark,NJ (USA) with 144 passengers and 5 crew, was enroute at FL370 about 70nm north of Jacksonville,FL, when the crew reported a level 3 security event on board and decided to divert to Jacksonville. During approach to Jacksonville the crew reported a difficult confrontation between two passengers, blows were exchanged but now all passengers were seated. The airplane landed safely about 20 minutes after the decision to divert, the two passengers were taken into custody by the FBI. The airline reported, that the airplane diverted because of a disturbance between two passengers, who were both interviewed by the FBI. One was released, the other kept for further inquiries. Other passengers were interviewed as witnesses by the FBI before the flight continued. The airplane reached Newark with a delay of 3 hours. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleB86fa9d Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login