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A jet blew its tires while taking off from a small New Jersey airport Tuesday morning, and is still attempting to get back on the ground, according to officials.

Rapper Post Malone is among the passengers on board, according to TMZ. The pilot reported the tire blowout shortly after takeoff and told air traffic controllers there are 16 people on board the plane. Post Malone is scheduled to perform in Reading and Leeds in the United Kingdom on Friday and Saturday of this week.

Radar tracking of the flight shows the plane circling over Bridgeport, Connecticut.

A live feed from CBS was set up at New York Stewart International Airport Tuesday, where the plane was expected to land after nearly five hours of circling parts of Connecticut and New York.

Plane Emergency Landing #BREAKING POST MALONE PLANE LANDS SAFELY: A plane reportedly carrying rapper Post Malone and 15 other people makes a safe emergency landing after two tires blew after takeoff. Posted by WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Tuesday, August 21, 2018

The A Gulfstream Aerospace GLF-4 aircraft blew two tires while taking off from Teterboro Airport at 10:50 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The aircraft was bound for Luton, England.

Around 12:45 p.m., it was diverted to Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts, according to the FAA. Before 3 p.m., the jet had been diverted again to New York Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, officials said.

Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport is a city-owned airport next to Barnes Air National Guard Base. It has two paved runways, one 9,000 feet long and one 5,000 feet long. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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