US Navy Blue Angels crash: One dead after jet 'explodes into fireball' in Tennessee

The crash involving a F/A-18 Hornet happened at around 3pm local time in Tennessee


One person has died after a US Navy Blue Angels jet crashed in Tennessee.

The crash involving a F/A-18 Hornet happened at around 3pm local time at an airport (9pm UK time) in the town of Smyrna.

Eye-witnesses described seeing a fireball and thick black smoke rising from the runway after a loud explosion.

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