Plane makes emergency landing
A chartered plane made an emergency landing at the North Platte Airport Sunday about 6:10 p.m.
The Cessna CE680 was en route from Minnesota to Denver with five passengers on board.
An indicator light came on showing that there was a fire on board. The plane was diverted to the North Platte Airport where the plane landed without incident.
The firefighters, who had received the call about 5 to 8 minutes prior to the landing, were on the site. They pulled hoses to the plane and checked for smoke or flames but found no fire.
Dave Heitman, battalion chief of the NPFD, said it was apparently a faulty indicator light and there was no fire.
Mike Hoeft, fire chief at the airport, said the plane would be grounded until the problem with the faulty light is solved.
The company sent another plane to pick up the passengers to take them on to their destination in Denver.