A ground stop was ordered and dozens of flights were delayed out of Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon after police received reports of a suspicious package, Port Authority officials said.
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Terminal C at the New Jersey airport was briefly evacuated around 1 p.m. as a precautionary measure due to the nature of the investigation, a spokesperson said. By 1:45 p.m., officials gave the"all clear" and started resuming terminal operations, but the impacts of the slowdown were already being felt by passengers.
FAA officials confirmed a ground stop had been ordered for United Airlines flight out of Terminal C from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. There were approximately 59 flights delayed by the short-term evacuation, the Port Authority spokesperson said.
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