/ Source: The Associated Press
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says an Alaska Airlines jet has landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport after a tire blew during takeoff.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor says Flight 6 had just taken off for Washington National Airport on Thursday when the pilot reported a possible blown tire on the nose gear and declared an emergency.
The Boeing 737-800 landed without incident at 3:04 p.m.
Gregor says one of the two tires on the nose gear did fail.
It's not immediately known how many people were aboard the flight.