# Incident 20251222018579I: Airbus A321-231, New York, NY, December 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2025, 11:11 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: YENA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N973JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N973JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-231 (registry code 3940032, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2533-A5 (registry code 34611, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2533-a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-231
- Reported engine: IAE V2533-A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251222018579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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