JetBlue flight turns around

A JetBlue flight from New York to Bermuda with 50 passengers on board had to turn around and head back to New York due to a mechanical problem yesterday.

According to a passenger on the flight, the problem was caused by a leaking door seal.

A JetBlue spokesman said: "The crew did not declare an emergency, the aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate under its own power. The customers were transferred to a new aircraft."

That aircraft left New York for Bermuda at 1.27 p.m New York time and landed in Bermuda around two hours later than originally scheduled, at 4.15 p.m Bermuda time. The return flight to JFK, which was scheduled for 3.10 p.m took off at 5.05 p.m.

Deputy Governor recovering

Deputy Governor David Arkley is recovering well after being hospitalised a week ago.

Governor Sir Richard Gozney said yesterday: "He has now fully recovered and is out of hospital and we expect him to be back at work before long."

He did not specify the nature of the illness.

Flames under a car

A motorist alerted another driver to a fire in her car as she drove through Paget.

A 26-year-old woman was forced to abandon her car by the side of the road after a motorist warned her of flames underneath her vehicle.

The incident took place in South Road, Paget, near the junction with Seabright Avenue, at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: "It appears that the car was travelling east on South Road when another motorist alerted the driver, a 26-year-old Smith's Parish woman, to flames coming from underneath her vehicle.

"However, the small fire extinguished itself shortly after it began. The vehicle was hosed down by Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service personnel as a precaution and pushed to the side of the road."

Pleasure boat missing

Police are asking members of the public to help track down a missing boat.

The owner of the missing Grady White pleasure boat last saw his vessel at 3.20 p.m. on January 21 at its mooring in Mangrove Bay, Sandys parish. The boat is 17 ft and has a 140 hp Johnson outboard motor.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the vessel is asked to contact P.C. Ralph Lindo or P.C. Ken Pitcher at the Bermuda Police Service Marine Unit on 299 4584.

Electronics stolen

Burglars got away with a television, laptop, jewellery and video games from a house in Warwick this week.

The break-in took place on Thursday at a house in South Road and resulted in the theft of a Dell laptop, Sony PlayStation 3 video game system, eight PlayStation 3 games, a flat screen TV and a quantity of jewellery.

Also on Thursday Police received a report of a break-in at a house in Clarendon Road, Hamilton Parish. An Olympus camera was stolen.