Created Monday, Jan 16th 2023 20:22Z, last updated Monday, Jan 16th 2023 20:22Z
A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N821JB performing flight
B6-62 from West Palm Beach,FL to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), was climbing out of West Palm Beach's runway 28R when the crew stopped the climb at 4000 feet reporting they had taken a bird into the left hand engine (V2527) and decided to return to West Palm Beach, the crew agreed to be handed off to departure and sequenced back in via departure. Another aircraft reported there were buzzards around the runway. The crew reported on final approach the engine was still kept running and landed the aircraft without further incident on runway 28R about 25 minutes after departure.
A replacement A320-200 registration N649JB reached New York with a delay of about 9.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in West Palm Beach about 27 hours after landing back.
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