Source: www.nypost.com

All flights in and out of Newark Airport were temporarily halted Saturday morning when an airline pilot made an emergency landing after smelling smoke. Air Transat Flight 942, a Boeing 737, was on its way from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale when it landed at Newark at 8:20 a.m. It came down on Runway 4 and remained there while airport firefighters responded. All 197 passengers and crew evacuated via emergency slides.

Two passengers sustained “minor injuries” unrelated to the smoke condition, sources said. One complained of pain during the evacuation and a second suffered a panic attack.

“It was my first time on a plane in 29 years,” said one passenger who asked that his name not be printed. “It was a little concerning.”

A Port Authority spokesman said there was no fire when firefighters boarded the plane. It was unclear if there had been smoke but no fire or if a blaze fizzled out. The airport initially closed both of its runways, but reopened one around 9:50 a.m. Both runways were back in use by 11 a.m.