Incidents and Accidents
JetBlue has had several incidents involving its aircraft, although none have resulted in any hull losses or casualties.
- September 21, 2005 Flight 292 en route from Burbank, California, to New York City performed an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport (pictured on the right) following a failure of the front landing gear during retraction when it turned 90 degrees. The plane landed after holding for about three hours to burn fuel and lighten the aircraft. The aircraft came to a stop without incident on runway 25L, the third-longest runway at LAX. The only apparent damage to the plane upon landing was the destruction of the front wheels, which were ground down to almost semicircles, and the tires; the front landing strut held. The passengers were able to see themselves landing through CNN since the airline provides DirecTV service in each seat.
- March 27, 2012 an incident on Flight 191 involved the Captain being locked out of the cockpit and being subdued by passengers following a panic attack.
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