B653 - Accident: Jetblue BCS3 near Richmond on Mar 23rd 2024

A Jetblue Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration N3118J performing flight B6-53 from New York JFK,NY to West Palm Beach,FL (USA), was climbing through FL280 out of New York when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence causing injuries to a flight attendant. The aircraft descended to FL260 and diverted to Richmond,VA (USA) for a safe landing about 45 minutes later.

The FAA reported: "AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURYING FLIGHT ATTENDANT, RICHMOND, VA."

The aircraft is still on the ground in Richmond about 15.5 hours later.