Poor lighting at Miami International Airport caused a British Airways jet — carrying British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his family aboard — to overshoot the runway on Tuesday, the airline says.

But airport and federal officials are rejecting the claim, saying there was no problem with the lighting.

British Airways Flight 209 from London missed a runway exit and hit some airfield lights after it landed in Miami around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported but police and rescue vehicles quickly surrounded the aircraft.

There were 343 people onboard.

John Lampl, a spokesman for British Airways, said the pilot missed a runway exit because he couldn't see the lights. The 747 ended up stopping off the end of the runway.

"Apparently they're doing some resurfacing work and relighting, so the lighting was poor," Lampl said.

"Just to err on the side of caution, the captain decided to stop at the end of the runway and call the tower," Lampl said.

Lights were fine: airport

But airport spokeswoman Lauren Stover said the lights were working fine.

"There was absolutely no construction on the runway," Stover said.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators also found that the lights were working properly and that there was no construction, said NTSB spokesman Jeff Kennedy.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown told CNN: "The taxiway requires a kind of a hard turn; it's tricky. I don't know exactly what happened, but they somehow missed that turn."

Blair was travelling to Miami to stay with singer Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees, according to Gibb's co-manager John Campbell.

"It's a private holiday and it's a private arrangement," Campbell said. "They are friends."

The British prime minister does not have an allocated plane, and Blair usually flies by chartered jet on official business and by scheduled flight for his vacations.

With files from the Associated Press