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Posted on Sat, Oct. 30, 2004

Missouri plane stuck in mud, will fly today


The Kansas City Star

COLUMBIA — The Missouri football team had anticipated flying into Lincoln, Neb., on Friday by about 6:15 p.m. But when the team's chartered airplane became mired in the mud on the side of a runway at Columbia Regional Airport and was delayed several hours, plans changed.

Chad Moller, sports information director for MU, said the pilot apparently cut a turn too close upon taxi for takeoff.

“We were only going 2 miles per hour,” Moller said. “So nobody was hurt.”

Moller said they decided to fly this morning so the team could get a decent night's sleep. They anticipated arriving in Lincoln by 8:30 a.m. today. Missouri and Nebraska are due to kick off at 11 a.m.

— Mike DeArmond/The Star


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