A small jet, carrying rapper Post Malone, has landed safely at New York Stewart Airport after circling the greater New York City-area for nearly four hours after blowing out two tires during takeoff on Tuesday, sparking a massive response by first responders.
“i landed guys. thank you for your prayers. can’t believe how many people wished death on me on this website. f— you. but not today,” the rapper tweeted.
TMZ first reported the famed rapper was on board, having spent Monday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, where he took home an award for song of the year for his hit “Rockstar.”
The Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News the aircraft, a Gulfstream Aerospace GLF-4, blew two tires as it took off from runway 24 at Teterboro. The aircraft was heading to London Luton Airport in Luton, England.
Emergency vehicles swarmed Teterboro Airport in New Jersey after the plane was going to make an emergency landing. (FOX5)
Post Malone was scheduled to perform at the Reading and Leeds Festival in England over the weekend, according to his website’s tour schedule.
The pilot was going to make an initial attempt to land back at the airport in New Jersey, and officials prepared for the landing by lining a runway with a fire truck and ambulances, according to FOX5.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the airport, told Fox News the aircraft was then supposed to be diverted to Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts. The FAA later told Fox News the plane has been diverted to Stewart Airport, located north of New York City.
The night before his flight to London, Malone, whose real name is Austin Post, performed at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, taking New York City’s Radio City Music Hall stage with rock band Aerosmith and rapper 21 Savage. Together, they performed the 23-year-old’s collaboration with 21 Savage, “Rockstar,” as well as Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and “Toys in the Attic.”
Malone — who’d broken the record for most simultaneous Top 20 Hot 100 songs in May 2018, beating out both The Beatles and J. Cole (via Billboard) — is expected to perform at England’s Reading Festival on Friday, Aug. 24.
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