Feb 18 (Reuters) - Traffic was disrupted at Newark

Liberty International Airport on ​Wednesday after a Florida-bound

JetBlue ( JBLU ) flight ‌suffered an engine failure on takeoff

and returned to the ⁠airport, officials said.

Passengers and crew on Flight ⁠543 exited the Airbus

A320 on ‌a taxiway ‌around 5:55 p.m. after the crew

reported smoke in the ​cockpit and cabin ‌and evacuated passengers

via slides, the Federal Aviation Administration and JetBlue ( JBLU )

said. No injuries ​were reported.

Nearly all ​flights ‌were halted for about an hour before

resuming around 7 p.m. at the airport just ⁠outside New York

City, the Port Authority ⁠of New York and New Jersey and

Flightaware said.

Flightaware, a flight tracking site, said 31%, or 183,

of arriving flights were delayed ⁠at ‌Newark along with 30% or ‌177

departing flights.

The FAA said it would investigate ⁠the incident involving

the plane that had been bound for West Palm Beach, Florida.

"Safety is JetBlue's ( JBLU ) top priority. We are focused on

supporting our customers and crewmembers and will work closely

with the ​appropriate federal authorities to investigate what

occurred," JetBlue ( JBLU ) said.