NEWARK (USA), May 18: An airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.No injuries were reported.

US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson said that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11pm on Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing gear retracted at about 1am on Saturday.

Anderson said the flight, being operated by Piedmont Airlines, was carrying 31 passengers and three crew members. He says the plane circled Newark in a holding pattern while working to get the gear down.—AP