An Air Transat flight was forced to divert to Newark Liberty International Airport after reports of a possible fire in the cargo hold, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Passengers evacuated onto runway via emergency slides, the FAA said
An Air Transat flight was forced to divert Saturday morning to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey after reports of a possible fire in the cargo hold, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Passengers on board the Boeing 737 -- which flew out of Montreal and was bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- evacuated onto the airport's runway via emergency slides, according to FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. Airport firefighters responded to the scene. The incident prompted the Newark airport to shut down all runways briefly, according to its Twitter page, but flights resumed soon after.Emergency at Newark Airport.— R.J.
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