Another JetBlue Airbus A321neoLR operating a flight between Dublin and New York has suffered an engine issue again.
This is the second incident in less than two weeks involving their aircraft, with the first being between London & New York.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
B6842 – Dublin to New York…
JetBlue flight B6842 is a routine scheduled flight between Dublin and New York JFK.
The affected aircraft involved in the incident is registered as N4048J.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N4048J is a 2.8 year old Airbus A321neoLR that was delivered to the airline in June 2021.
Of the A321neo variant, JetBlue has 33 of them in the fleet, of which all but seven are in active service.
Furthermore, average fleet age for the variant at the airline stands at 2.7 years.
JetBlue flight B6842 departed Dublin at 1034 local time earlier today and proceeded westbound to New York JFK.
At the Atlantic Crossing entrance, the aircraft made a u-turn back to the Irish airport.
It is understood that the aircraft did not declare an emergency during this incident.
JetBlue flight B6842 for New York JFK landed safely back into Dublin at 1305 local time this afternoon.
As per @Shauns_Aviation on X, he has reported that the cause of the return was due to an issue with their left hand side engine.
This is the second instance in nearly two weeks to happen with JetBlue and their Airbus A321neos to flights across New York JFK.
A Recurring Problem?
Last week, B62220 from London Heathrow to New York suffered a similar issue.
This resulted in a diversion to Shannon Airport as opposed to today’s diversion to Dublin Airport.
N2180J, the first aircraft to get the issue, was stuck in Shannon from March 30 to April 8.
It hasn’t flown since.
If the issue is the same onboard JetBlue flight B6842 from Dublin to New York, then this aircraft could get stuck as well.
This remains a developing story. As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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