Smoke in cockpit, engine failure: JetBlue flight makes emergency landing in New Jersey

A JetBlue formation heading to West Palm Beach returned to Newark Liberty International Airport soon aft takeoff connected Wednesday aft an motor occupation led to fume successful the cockpit, officials said.The incidental prompted a impermanent suspension of flights and an exigency evacuation of the aircraft.The Port Authority said JetBlue Flight 543 took disconnected from Newark Liberty International Airport astatine 5.43 p.m. (local time) connected Wednesday but returned soon afterward owed to an motor failure."The craft landed safely, and customers and crewmembers evacuated utilizing the aircraft’s slides," JetBlue said, arsenic cited by Fox News."Safety is JetBlue’s apical priority. We are focused connected supporting our customers and crewmembers and volition enactment intimately with the due national authorities to analyse what occurred."Newark Liberty International Airport said formation operations were temporarily suspended portion an craft was removed from a taxiway pursuing the earlier incident, earlier resuming astatine 7.00 p.m. (local time), according to the Port Authority.The FAA is investigating the incident.The departures were delayed by astir 90 minutes, and the arrivals by much than 2 hours.