UPDATE: Plane Emergency Shuts Down Philadelphia Airport; Facility Reopened

The Philadelphia Airport stopped traffic due to plane emergency early Friday.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced around 9:15 a.m. that the airport had reopened:

Air Traffic Alert: Update @PHLairport re-opened, air traffic delays expected as arrivals/departures resume with one runway operational.

The airport first issued this message Friday morning:

The FAA has issued ground stop due to aircraft emergency at PHL.

Eyewitnesses on Twitter reported seeing the plane possibly making an emergency landing with smoke coming out of the aircraft.

Fox29 reported that a plane had been evacuated after two planes made emergency landings at the Philadelphia International Airport. One of the planes reported steering problems; the other reported smoke in the cockpit, according to the report.

Both planes had landed safely, according to the report. Passengers were evacuated immediately following the landing of the plane reporting smoke in the cockpit.

The airport released this statement following the incident:

:An American Eagle pilot declared an emergency and made an emergency landing at approximately 8:30 AM. All passengers were taken off the aircraft safely and taken to the terminal. No injuries were reported."

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