AN aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Mildura Airport early yesterday morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 4am when a smoke detector indicated there was smoke inside the plane.

The aircraft landed safely about 4.15am without incident and a check by Fire Rescue Victoria and Country Fire Authority personnel failed to detect either a fire or smoke.

The incident is believed to have been the result of a faulty smoke detector and the aircraft left Mildura a short time later.