Source: Simon Hradecky

A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N806JB performing flight B6-209 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), was climbing out of New York when the crew reported they had perfume odour in cockpit and cabin and needed to return to JFK as quickly as possible. The aircraft stopped the climb at about 11,000 feet and landed safely back on New York’s runway 04L about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A321-200N registration N2102J reached Santo Domingo with a delay of about 4.5 hours.

The FAA reported the crew returned reporting smoke in cockpit and cabin.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in New York about 75 hours (3 days 3 hours) after landing back.