Plane blows two tires at Newark airport, creating travel hell

Published June 29, 2019 3:09pm ET



Passengers at Newark International Airport will suffer delays after a United Airlines plane blew two tires Saturday morning while performing an emergency landing, distributing all flights.

The airport, a major hub for transatlantic travel, tweeted a mysterious warning about an “airport emergency” before the Federal Aviation Administration divulged details involving faulty brakes on a plane, which landed without causing major injuries despite blown tires.

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