Pilot dead after Blue Angel crashes during air show practice in Tennessee

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Pilot dead after Blue Angel crashes during air show practice in Tennessee
By Ted Miller Published: June 2, 2016, 3:26 pm Updated: June 2, 2016, 8:06 pm

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SMYRNA, Tenn. (WBAY) – A pilot with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels is dead after a jet crashed Thursday afternoon in Smyrna, Tenn., while practicing for an air show this weekend.

The Navy confirms one person is dead — and that fatality was the pilot. Earlier reports that the pilot ejected and was seen walking around were wrong.

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A U.S. official says the pilot did not eject. The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

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#BREAKING: Another *military jet crash: US Navy Blue Angels jet crashes during air show practice in Tennessee

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. I suppose the confusion is the Thunderbird crash in Colorado??

That pilot ejected and survived.

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2. How sad.

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