Michigan plane slides off runway en route to Big Ten tournament
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Michigan had a scare Wednesday as the team attempted to travel to Washington for the Big Ten tournament when its charter plane aborted takeoff due to high winds and slid off the runway.
Scary attempt to get to DC but everyone is alright pic.twitter.com/gC4nJBxUDw
— Matt Shepard (@ShepMatt) March 8, 2017
The school confirmed that nobody was seriously injured in the incident, but the plane did suffer extensive damage.
Our team and everyone in our travel party is safe. Update on today's travel accident.
— Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) March 8, 2017
Thanks for your well wishes! #GoBlue 〽 pic.twitter.com/CJfrr5ONEJ
The Wolverines are scheduled to play Illinois in the second round of the conference tournament at 12:00 p.m. ET on Thursday.
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