LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 12: The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners celebrate after beating the New Mexico State Aggies 57-54 during the championship game of the Western Athletic Conference Basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS -- A chartered airplane flying Cal State Bakersfield's basketball team to its first NCAA Tournament game made an emergency landing Wednesday in Las Vegas.
McCarran International Airport spokesman Chris Jones said Sun Country Airlines Flight 8606 was in the air about 30 minutes after takeoff from Bakersfield, California when the plane landed.