Purdue basketball team’s charter plane makes emergency landing in Indianapolis
(Provided Photo/Purdue Basketball via Twitter)
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Purdue University basketball team as boarding a second flight on Monday night after their first charter plane to a Tuesday game in Maryland had to make an emergency landing in Indianapolis, News 8 has learned.
The team was heading from West Lafayette to Baltimore when the plane experienced mechanical issues.
The team was boarding another flight around 9:30 p.m. Monday, according to the team’s Twitter account.
Basketball Sports Information Director Chris Forman says the delay will not impact the Tuesday night game.
The game against the Terrapins is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in College Park, Maryland.