Flight operations at Newark Liberty International Airport were “temporarily suspended” on Wednesday after smoke in the cockpit of a JetBlue flight triggered an emergency landing.
According to a USA Today report, citing officials, the JetBlue flight to West Palm Beach, Florida, had to immediately return to Newark after it took off at around 5:55 pm local time.
“The crew of the Airbus A320 reported smoke in the cockpit,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Passengers were safely evacuated from the aircraft via slides, officials told USA Today. No injuries have been reported.
At 6:35 pm ET, Newark Airport posted: “Flight operations at Newark Liberty are temporarily suspended while an aircraft is removed from the taxiway due to an earlier incident.”
The airport resumed flight operations at 7 pm, according to the Port Authority.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
(This is a developing story)
