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Double Diversion

On Thursday, July 11, Jet Blue flight 1908 too off from Paris' Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) bound for NY's JFK.

As the plane was near the west coast of Ireland, a technical problem forced the plane to turn around and divert back to Paris.

According to passengers, there was only one Jet Blue representative to help them but they all got accomodations for the night. They were told Jet Blue was flying out a part and they would leave the next day for NY on the same plane.

Delays occurred and eventually the plane took off (yesterday) for NY.

The plane flew slightly further than the day before when the same technical problem occurred. This time, the crew diverted to Dublin.

Some passengers were put on alternate flight to NY while others were waiting for the plane to be fixed and to fly back to JFK.

As of my writing this, the plane is still in Dublin.

BTW, the plane is only a few months old.

The passengers will be due compensation under EU261.

Posted by
1888 posts

Jetblue primarily operates Airbus narrow body aircraft. They may have some embraer regional type planes too.

Posted by
5429 posts

Regardless of the type of aircraft, any time you fly an airline with a very limited number of aircraft to or from a region, and with no partner alliances, you risk being stuck high and dry if the aircraft is unserviceable.

Posted by
16269 posts

I'm not on the flight. I just thought folks here would enjoy the report.

The plane is an Airbus 321neo.

Posted by
2488 posts

Whenever something like that happens to you (and it has to me) I think about what a pilot friend of mine told me: "It is better to be on the ground wishing your were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground..."

Posted by
4043 posts

Hmmm... Jet Blue with a flight or two a day to the US from CDG on narrow bodies vs Delta with up to 14 daily fights (plus Air France partner flights) on wide bodies.