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A private jet carrying rapper Post Malone blew two tires during takeoff at a small New Jersey airport on Tuesday but made a safe emergency landing hours later in upstate New York, prompting the rapper to thank fans who prayed for him and diss those who "wished death" on him while he was in the air.

U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off and triggered a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines jet.

A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of "metal fatigue," according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Florida-bound Spirit Airlines jet with 142 people aboard made a safe emergency landing early Monday at Buffalo Niagara International Airport following a reported mechanical problem.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An American Eagle flight bound for Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing at Sioux Falls Regional Airport within 20 minutes of taking off from the facility.

UPDATE: 10/05/2015 7:55pm The pilot has been identified as Captain Michael Johnson of Utah.  The airline confirmed that he suffered a heart attack in flight.

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing at a Houston airport after a problem with its nose gear.

GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) — An American Eagle jet flying from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Illinois has made a safe emergency landing at a small North Texas airport amid reports of smoke in the cabin.

NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane has made an emergency landing on an interstate highway in New York City.