Two pilots of an Air Canada Express jet were killed at LaGuardia Airport. How is the crash impacting JFK and Newark air traffic? Delays, closures?

The brief ground stop occurred on the morning of Monday, March 23, after the smell was detected in an elevator of the tower, the FAA confirmed to PEOPLE

Operations were temporarily suspended at Newark Airport on March 23 after the air traffic control tower was evacuated due to a report of smoke.

LaGuardia airport is closed amid a fatal crash and reports of a Newark Airport fire forced a ground stop. Where are NJ-NYC's major airports located?

A ground stop was briefly in effect Monday morning at Newark Airport after a suspected fire was reported in the control tower.

FOX 5 NY is tracking TSA wait times across the region. As of Friday morning, wait times remained over 20 minutes at major airports.

The ground stop came at a tense moment for air travel in America amid a partial government shutdown.

The Newark Airport air traffic tower is being evacuated due to smoke at an air traffic control tower.

The air traffic control tower at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) was evacuated for a short time after a report of smoke. An FAA spokesperson confirmed there was no fire and the controllers evacuated the tower due to a burning smell from an elevator.

Newark Liberty International Airport had a ground stop after smoke was reported in the air traffic control tower on Monday morning.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived International Airport on Monday to help Transportation Security Administration workers deal with severe staffing shortages and hours-long security lines that are being seen at airports across the country.