Emergency landing by United flight briefly closes Newark airport

A United Airlines flight made an emergency landing and blew out 2 tyres at New Jersey Newark Saturday, causing the airport briefly to suspend flights, officials said. Flight 2098 took off from New York LaGuardia bound for Houston and a short time later experienced hydraulic problems, prompting the emergency landing, a spokesman for the Port Authority said. The FAA said the crew of the Airbus A319 reported a brake problem and that 2 left main tyres blew out when landing. "Our pilots reacted quickly to ensure the safety of the aircraft and our customers, who deplaned using deployed slides after landing," United Airlines said, adding that there were 128 customers on board and no one was injured. The incident caused delays for inbound and outbound flights at Newark. <br/>