Incident occurred April 10, 2015 at Southern California Logistics Airport (KVCV), Victorville, California

VICTORVILLE — An Omega Aerial Refueling Services tanker safely landed at the Southern California Logistics Airport on Friday afternoon after a fire broke out in one of its engines, authorities said.

The plane landed safely just after 3:20 p.m. and no injuries were reported.

According to County Fire spokeswoman Tracey Martinez, firefighters received reports that the Boeing 707 would be making the landing at about 3:20 p.m. She said firefighters arrived on the runway in roughly five minutes and were ready in case a fire broke out.

SCLA airport manager Keith Metzler told the Daily Press on Friday that the plane's crew reported a fire broke out in one of the tanker's engines in-flight. He said the engine was shut off and the fire died out.

The emergency fire response was canceled shortly after the initial call when the plane landed safely. Martinez said the incident appeared to be "minor."

According to Metzler, the planes usually carry a crew of two to four people. It was not known how many were on Friday's tanker.

"The plane was able to land and taxi itself down the runway on its one remaining engine," Metzler said at about 4:20 p.m. Friday. "We're all clear, the runway is reopened and we are no longer in an emergency situation."

According to its website, Omega Aerial Refueling Services is the only company in the world providing in-flight refueling services for commercial planes. It provides services to the U.S. Armed Forces, specifically the Navy and Marine Corps, and its aircraft are based at the company’s maintenance facility at Brunswick Airport in Georgia.

It is not known where Friday's plane was headed to or coming from.

The company operates two specially modified Boeing 707s, as well as a specially modified McDonnell Douglas KDC-10.

The plane is the second Omega tanker to make an emergency landing at SCLA in the past year. Another Boeing 707 tanker made a similar emergency landing on July 31.

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