Jet emergency at Perth Airport
Update, 3.45pm: An internal investigation is taking place into the cause of an aborted jet take-off at Perth Airport this morning.
The Cessna Citation was gathering speed prior to taking off about 6am when two of its tyres blew leaving the plane disabled on the airport's main runway.
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Neither the two pilots or the seven passengers on board were injured in the incident.
The passengers, believed to be travelling to a mine site in the North West, were put onto another plane shortly after to be taken to their destination.
Reports that the plane's landing gear failed to extend causing the incident have been denied by the plane's operator Maxem Aviation.
Engineers will assess what caused the wheels to deflate.
A spokesman for the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau said the authority would not be investigating the incident.
