A ground stop has been issued at Newark Airport Monday morning after a suspected fire was reported in the control tower.
A ground stop is in effect Monday morning at Newark airport after a suspected fire was reported in the building. Around 8 a.m., the Port Authority reported smoke in an elevator at the Newark Airport control tower, prompting an evacuation.
Officials say FAA staff are relocating operations to a backup tower at Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal C, where flight control functions will temporarily shift.Flight operations are expected to resume once the move is complete, though the FAA has not yet provided a timeline."Arrivals and departures are temporarily paused at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey after air traffic controllers evacuated the tower because of a burning smell coming from an elevator. It happened around 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, March 23," according to an FAA statement. This is a developing story. Refresh this page for updates. A ground stop also was issued at Newark airport on Friday, March 20, due to a separate issue of heavy volume inside the airport. The FAA said the ground stop was because of the number of people occupying the airport. The airport was seeing "longer than usual" wait times around the time the alert was sent out. RELATED: 2 dead, 40+ injured in Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardiaLaGuardia Airport was also closed Monday until 2 p.m. after an overnight runway crash involving an Air Canada Express flight and an emergency vehicle.Two people were killed and dozens of others were injured. Federal investigators are looking into what happened.
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