Columbus firefighters sent to pending emergency landing at local airport

10:43 a.m. UPDATE: Columbus police are reporting the plane has landed safely at the airport and Columbus firefighters and police are being disregarded from the scene.

Fire dispatch is reporting the plane landed safely.

ORIGINAL STORY

Columbus firefighters are being sent to the Columbus Municipal Airport after a planeĀ  reported a need to make an emergency landing.

The plane has about a half hour’s worth of fuel and is currently circling the airport. Firefighters were sent to the airport at 10:38 a.m. today.

The Republic is monitoring developments and will report the outcome as it occurs.