A U.S. Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 crashed in Smyrna, Tennessee, Thursday afternoon, just hours after an Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed in Colorado. The Blue Angels crash happened as the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron was practicing for the Great Tennessee Air Show set for Saturday over the skies of Nashville.
A Tennessee TV station reports that 1,300 homes have lost elecrical power because of the crash. One person is confirmed dead, the station reports.
PHOTO: 1 person confirmed dead in Blue Angels jet crash in Smyrna: https://t.co/okh2N9tBV0 pic.twitter.com/oBq6onSOLD
-- WKRN (@WKRN) June 2, 2016
This morning the @BlueAngels flew over my office. So incredible. Heartbroken at this afternoon's news. Prayers. pic.twitter.com/JAJcJFhXso
-- Allison Young (@Alli_Young) June 2, 2016
WATCH: Video captures crash of Navy Blue Angel jet during airshow training exercise in TN: https://t.co/OyVEZ2YypJ https://t.co/PYOISGsOZW
-- Good Morning America (@GMA) June 2, 2016
#BlueAngels Plane just crashed by my house in Smyrna, TN. Just happened. They are circling the wreckage. Prayers! pic.twitter.com/EWZT6fm8Ol
-- Amanda Daughtry (@ASDaughtry) June 2, 2016
BREAKING We're receiving reports the Blue Angel F/A-18 pilot didn't eject before crash https://t.co/NBZIO1o37H pic.twitter.com/bVFhz882r4
-- AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 2, 2016
BREAKING No sign if the Blue Angel F/A-18 pilot ejected at this time https://t.co/NBZIO1o37H pic.twitter.com/MSIrOlAZjx
-- AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) June 2, 2016
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