A state-appointed airport board in Chattanooga voted Thursday to withdraw from a city lawsuit filed to avert a state takeover.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that five of nine board members present at a meeting voted unanimously to pull out of a lawsuit in which the city of Chattanooga and the previous locally-appointed board sued to prevent a state-appointed board from taking over operations at the airport.
The locally-appointed Chattanooga airport board remains the only one recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration until it makes a final decision by July 27 or later, according to spokesperson Brooke Satterfield…