Emergency services are responding to reports a fire has broken out in the cockpit of a plane at an Auckland airforce base this afternoon.

Fire and Emergency NZ responded to reports of a fire in the cockpit of an aircraft at Whenuapai Airport at 12.41pm today. One fire truck is currently attending to this incident.

A C130 Hercules plane landed at the base about 12.47pm, according to Flightradar24.

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