Plane makes emergency landing after suspected fire, passengers evacuated

Smoke on an aircraft led to 189 passengers being evacuated from an aircraft in an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday morning, a Port Authority official said.

The incident prompted the airport to shut down all runways briefly.

The pilot of the Florida-bound Air Transat flight requested the emergency landing in Newark Liberty International Airport at about 8:20 a.m., said Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesperson. The plane landed safely.

The passengers were evacuated by the emergency chutes once the plane landed.

There was a minor injury were two minor injuries that were unrelated to the smoke. One person who complained of pain from sliding down the chute. Another person suffered a panic attack, Coleman said. The passengers were being treated as a precaution.

The passengers were scheduled to stay in a terminal waiting area until another flight could be coordinated, Coleman said.

The Air Transat 492 flight departed from Montreal Canada and was headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a tweet from the Federal Aviation Administration said.

As of 9:44 a.m. all flights were resumed.