A passenger on board Saturday evening's jetBlue Flight 21 from New York-Kennedy to Tampa was removed from the plane for undisclosed security reasons, officials said.
The royal jet that was impounded at a German airport last month in order to settle a dispute between the Thai government and a German construction company was released after the government agreed to pay a bond for its release.
Issues with maintenance performed on McDonnell Douglas MD-80s brought American Airlines their second recent fine from the FAA for $300,000, which would total over $1 million this month.