What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On December 22, 2025, a privacy data omitted, performing passenger revenue flight privacy data omitted, from John f. Kennedy international airport (jfk) to punta cana (puj), performed an air return due to an internal rear galley ceiling panel falling on a seated flight attendant. Fa was occuping the L2 door jumpseat located adjacent to the L2 door. The regional operation center (roc) telephoned the privacy data omitted cmo to make notification of this event. The privacy data omitted cmo dispatched two airworthiness inspectors to jfk to investigate this event. The roc followed up with a second telephone call to the privacy data omitted cmo stating that the panel was an interior panel, that a flight attendant was injured and upon return to jfk was transported to the hospital.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 22, 2025, A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PERFORMING PASSENGER REVENUE FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK) TO PUNTA CANA (PUJ), PERFORMED AN AIR RETURN DUE TO AN INTERNAL REAR GALLEY CEILING PANEL FALLING ON A SEATED FLIGHT ATTENDANT. FA WAS OCCUPING THE L2 DOOR JUMPSEAT LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE L2 DOOR. THE REGIONAL OPERATION CENTER (ROC) TELEPHONED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CMO TO MAKE NOTIFICATION OF THIS EVENT. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CMO DISPATCHED TWO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS TO JFK TO INVESTIGATE THIS EVENT. THE ROC FOLLOWED UP WITH A SECOND TELEPHONE CALL TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CMO STATING THAT THE PANEL WAS AN INTERIOR PANEL, THAT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED AND UPON RETURN TO JFK WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.