Created Wednesday, Jun 3rd 2026 19:42Z, last updated Wednesday, Jun 3rd 2026 19:45Z
A Jetblue Airbus A321-200N, registration N2059J performing flight
B6-158 from Aruba (Aruba) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 195 people on board, was climbing out of Aruba's runway 11 when the crew declared emergency reporting a bird strike into their right hand engine (PW1133G), they might need to shut the engine down, and levelled off at 2500 feet. The crew requested to enter a hold and subsequently returned to Aruba for a safe overweight landing on runway 11 about 30 minutes after departure.
A ground observer reported the aircraft was landing with an strange noise probably coming from one of its engines.
A replacement A321-200 registration N995JL reached New York with a delay of about 5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Aruba about 45 hours after landing.
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