South Korea's Jeju International Airport said it has normalized flight operations Friday after it temporarily closed its main runway due to a passenger jet blowing a tire while it was landing earlier in the day.

A Korean Air B737-900 with 147 passengers onboard reported a problem with its nose landing gear after it landed on the resort island. The plane was carrying passengers from Tokyo's Narita International Airport and landed at 11:57 a.m.

South Korea's top carrier said the passengers and crew left the plane safety, and there were no injuries. The passengers were ferried to the airport's terminal on a bus.

Because the plane could not be moved Korean Air used a towing vehicle to take the jet to the apron area, where maintenance personnel removed the tire and checked the landing gear for damage.

The blown tire caused the east-west runway to be closed for over an hour with flight operations resuming after 1:14 p.m.

Authorities said the accident led to delays for around 10 flights, although it did not cause serious disruptions in the schedules of flights arriving and taking off from the airport.

Passengers on the flight included a mix of Japanese, South Korean and Chinese nationals, and a crew of 10.

"Emergency rescue vehicles came to the plane, and there was some smoke from the landing gear, but most people did not feel the tire blow up," a passenger said. (Yonhap)