JetBlue flight returns to Newark after engine failure, smoke prompts evacuation

A JetBlue formation bound for West Palm Beach returned to Newark Liberty International Airport soon aft takeoff Wednesday aft reporting motor nonaccomplishment and fume successful the cockpit, prompting a crushed halt and an exigency evacuation, officials said.

The Port Authority said JetBlue formation 543 took disconnected from Newark Liberty International Airport astatine 5:43 p.m. connected Wednesday earlier instantly returning to the airdrome owed to motor failure.

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"The level landed safely with nary injuries to study astatine this time," the Port Authority said. "Flight operations are suspended portion the craft is removed from the taxiway."

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The airdrome reopened and resumed formation operations astatine astir 7 p.m., the Port Authority aboriginal said.