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Rise in runway will be repaired

By Tim Mitchell
Friday, October 14, 2005 2:00 PM CDT

RANTOUL – A pilot landing on the north-south runway of the Rantoul airport one day in June encountered a surprise: 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.

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