Flight makes emergency New Jersey landing after encountering lightning

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NEWARK, N.J., June 8 (Reuters) - A JetBlue flight made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport late Friday after encountering lightning after taking off from Boston, according to an airline spokesman.

JetBlue flight 425, headed to West Palm Beach, Fla., with 148 passengers and five crew members, encountered lightning after taking off from Boston's Logan International Airport at 8:54 p.m. EDT (00:54 Saturday GMT).

"In an abundance of caution the captain chose to divert to the New York area," said JetBlue spokesman Sebastian White.

The Airbus A320 plane was flying through Andrea, a post-tropical storm which dumped more than five inches (12.7 cm) of rain in some parts of New York's Long Island.
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