Fire crews from across Oxfordshire were dispatched to Oxford Airport in Kidlington after reports that a six-seater light aircraft was in trouble overhead.
Firefighters were scrambled in case the aircraft had to make a crash-landing at the airfield.
Chief fire officer John Parry confirmed his crews had been sent to the airport in what he described as "pre-determined attendance", but Oxfordshire emergency services said there was no "major incident" in progress.
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