Diversion Enroute to JFK Due to Fight On Board

[Matt Molnar]

According to an alert from 1stresponderwireless.com, a flight that took off from Newark is on its way to JFK due to a fight that has broken out on board. No further details at this time.

[Matt Molnar]

It seems the flight involved was jetBlue 561, EWR-SJU, which was originally delayed an hour due to weather.

[Matt Molnar]

According to jetBlue, the plane must have been about halfway to PR and turned around...it took off at 11:26 and landed at JFK at 1:03. It took off again at 1:50 and is due to land at 5:42.

[PhilDernerJr]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/25/plane. ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/25/plane.diverted.ap/index.html)

Fools.

[lijk604]

Lots of details left out of that story. What started the fight? Was it the LATE departure? I mean midnight from EWR-SJU? That's a problem right there, late departures breed heavy drinking in the terminal while people wait, and then all it takes is one loud drunk to piss people off.

[Matt Molnar]

I waas thinking the same thing. Plus, the flight was delayed an hour due to weather...scheduled departure is 10:35. I don't understand the point of arriving in Puerto Rico at 2:30am.

[Tom_Turner]

I mean midnight from EWR-SJU? .

I can remember many years ago there was a late night flight to Puerto Rico...Pan Am, Eastern another airline, I don't know..From JFK probably...

It was known as the "roach coach". :)

Read into that what you will...but please spare me the flames.. my wife is half Puerto Rican. :lol:

Tom

[Art at ISP]

Maybe it is going to be a Pay Per View event on future Jet Blue flights?

Sorry...couldn't resist.

Based on the timeline, I don't think it was halfway there--it would have maybe diverted to a FL station if it was that far along. I think it might have been only 45min to 1 hour into the flight.

Sad though...

[h2opunk1822]

we had another one last night!.. hahah im not sure what flight it was thou