Rantoul board moves to flatten slope in airport's runway
RANTOUL – A pilot landing on the north-south runway of the Rantoul airport encountered a surprise in June 2005. The runway suddenly sloped upward. The man's plane immediately went airborne once again, and the pilot had to make a quick maneuver to complete a safe landing.
Three years later the slope remains on the runways.
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