A JetBlue Airways passenger jet on a flight from Aruba to Boston made a precautionary emergency landing in Bermuda on Tuesday after a cockpit light indicated possible smoke in a rear cargo bin, an airline spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Flight 774 from Aruba to Boston, an Airbus A320 carrying 63 passengers, diverted to the Atlantic island as a precaution due to the “maintenance issue,” JetBlue spokesperson Alison Croyle said in a statement.
“An indication light in the cockpit came on suggestive of possible smoke in the aft cargo bin,” Croyle said.
She denied an earlier report by Bermuda’s Royal Gazette newspaper, which quoted a local Bermuda fire service officer as saying the pilot of the plane had told the control tower smoke was detected in the cockpit coming from the flight controls.
“There was not smoke in the cockpit at any time,” Croyle said. She added that after the plane landed safely, a maintenance inspection cleared the aircraft and it later continued on its flight to Boston.
The Royal Gazette said the airport deployed fire trucks and an ambulance for the landing.
(Reuters)
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st December 2009 at 18:49
If JetBlue let them off the plane to go explore (and paid for lunch) whilst they corrected the fault!
By: Newforest - 31st December 2009 at 16:22
Guess the passengers wouldn’t complain about having two holiday islands on their itinerary!:)
By: Bmused55 - 31st December 2009 at 14:24
Indeed, probably a glitchy sensor. Thought it detected smoke when there was none.
Possibly even condensed air? What are the smoke/fire sensors on an A320? Similar to the smoke detectors we have in our homes? They can be set off by steam from a kettle!
By: Schorsch - 31st December 2009 at 10:53
They don’t mention what caused the fire warning?
Most of the time a false alert.
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st December 2009 at 05:23
They don’t mention what caused the fire warning?
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