No fatalities

AIRBUS A320-232 accident at Caribbean Sea, AO, 25 Sept 2023

Caribbean Sea, AO, United States

On September 25, 2023, an AIRBUS A320-232 operated by JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP was involved in an aviation accident near Caribbean Sea, AO. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise that was not depicted by the airplane’s weather radar system. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 17 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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AIRBUS A320-232
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Probable cause

An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise that was not depicted by the airplane’s weather radar system.

— NTSB Determination

Contributing factors

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