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No injuries after MTSU student goes off the runway at Murfreesboro airport

Middle Tennessee State University
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — A student and flight instructor veered off the runway Thursday morning during a takeoff exercise at the Murfreesboro airport.

Middle Tennessee State University officials said there were no injuries during the takeoff exercise. The university has a flight program through the Department of Aerospace.

The program teaches students aviation.

MTSU suspended flight operations until they cleared the scene.

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