Nail Polish Remover Hospitalizes JetBlue Crew Members

Image: PHOTO: JetBlue flight. (photo via Flickr/Tomas Del Coro)
Image: PHOTO: JetBlue flight. (photo via Flickr/Tomas Del Coro)
Patrick Clarke
by Patrick Clarke
Last updated: 12:45 PM ET, Thu August 17, 2017

At least two JetBlue crew members were transported to the hospital after falling ill aboard a flight from Boston to Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday.

According to WCVB, firefighters were called to Charleston International Airport shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon after a pair of crew members reported smelling smoke in the cabin.

JetBlue confirmed the two employees were taken to the hospital and said an inspection of the odor found that it was nail polish remover.

Wednesday's situation is just the latest in a slew of incidents involving the New York-based low-cost carrier.

A pair of JetBlue flights were forced to change course last week after crew members reported not feeling well.

On Aug. 10, a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Barbados was forced to return to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport after at least three flight attendants complained of headaches and an odor of fumes in the cabin.

A hazmat crew inspected the aircraft and a new crew was eventually brought in to operate the flight.

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Just a few hours later, a JetBlue flight from San Diego to Boston was diverted to Buffalo, New York before a pilot and two flight attendants were taken to a nearby medical center. All 126 passengers were evacuated from the plane and several other people were checked out by medics at the airport.

In June, a JetBlue flight traveling from New York to Florida made an emergency stop in Charleston after crew members reported smoke in the cockpit.


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Patrick Clarke

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A Maryland native and wanderer who has lived across the U.S. from North Carolina to SoCal, Patrick Clarke graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in journalism. He previously worked for Bleacher

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