By: Cory Shaffer | Northeast Ohio Media Group ,

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A United Airlines plane was diverted to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Wednesday after the pilot reported smoke on board. The pilot on a flight from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey called the air traffic control tower at Hopkins at 1:59 p.m. to report possible smoke in the cabin, according to officials. Cleveland firefighters responded to the airport as the plane landed. The plane landed safely, taxied to the gate, and the safety alert was cancelled at 2:18 p.m., Cleveland Hopkins spokeswoman Jacqueline Mayo said. The plane’s passengers continued to Newark on other flights, a United spokeswoman said. (Update: Cleveland Hopkins officials told Northeast Ohio Media Group the pilot reported smoke in the plane’s cockpit. United officials said the smoke was actually reported in the cabin.)