An Indonesian jet with 155 passengers on board aborted its take off after it blew a tyre while accelerating down the runaway on Sulawesi island.
The Macdonnell Douglas MD-28 aircraft operated by budget carrier, Lion Air, managed to stop before the end of the runway.
An administrator at the Wolter Mongonsidi airport in Kendari, Mr Hamzah said all 155 passengers and the crew of eight were safe and no one was injured.
He said that the Lion Air plane was bound for Makassar in south Sulawesi.
An MD-82 airplane operated by Lion Air crashed during landing in the central Java city of Solo last month, killing at least 26 people.
Lion Air blamed bad weather for the accident, Indonesia's worst in recent history.
Lion Air announced in October it was planning to extend its service from 40 to 60 routes.
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