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A Southwest Airlines plane headed for LA was forced to return to Denver
Flight 2869 was turned around due to tyres suffering a 'performance issue'
Passenger Paul Swatzel said a tyre blew out on takeoff
The plane returned to the airport for a rough landing

Published: 13:35 EST, 6 July 2015 | Updated: 16:18 EST, 6 July 2015

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Southwest Airlines says a flight heading to Los Angeles was forced to return to Denver International Airport because of tyre problems during takeoff.

Airline officials reported Flight 2869 turned around on Sunday, landing at 5:58pm, and that early indications showed it appeared to be down to the tyre blowing.

No injuries were sustained but passengers were forced to experience a rough landing upon arriving back in Denver with some tweeting their horror at the experience.

Southwest Airlines says a flight heading to Los Angeles was forced to return to Denver International Airport because of tyre problems during takeoff (stock image)

'Early indications are it appears to be a blown tyre,' Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins said to The Denver Post.

'Our maintenance teams will have the first look and final say.'

Passenger Paul Swatzel reiterated this to news station KMGH-TV saying a tyre blew out when the plane took off, and it returned to the airport for a less-than-smooth landing.

Twitter user ‏@BriZonkey tweeted: 'Blown tyre. Emergency landing at DEN. Left my iPad on the plane to boot. Xoxo @SouthwestAir'

Another user ‏@brittanywerre said: 'Lol our plane got a flat tyre when we took off & now I'm back at the Denver airport. SCARIEST LANDING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE HOLY COW.'

Southwest staffers in Denver reportedly worked with the affected 175 customers.

Southwest Airlines have been contacted for further comment.

The incident came a day after a security threat caused authorities to investigate a Southwest flight that landed at Denver airport.

The FBI found the threat on Saturday was not credible but wouldn't release further details.

The moment Airmexico Flight AM3 braced for emergency landing

The tyre incident follows another recent plane malfunction, when an Aeromexico Dreamliner made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland on June 29 with reports of a fire on board.

Flight AM3 was en-route to Paris from Mexico City when at around 2.30pm it declared an emergency off the Irish coast.

The pilot is believed to have radioed ahead for emergency response vehicles to park up on the tarmac.

Ground staff were warned not to approach the right-hand side of the luggage area once landed, and emergency crews are set to inspect once it has arrived at the stand.

Flight monitoring Twitter account Airlive.net wrote that the plane had alerted ground level that there was a 'fire in cargo hold.'