A pilot has died in a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crash Thursday afternoon in Smyrna, Tennessee, People has learned. According to a press release from the Naval Air Forces, the name of the pilot is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification requirements. Country star Hunter Hayes was scheduled to fly in a Us Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet jet on Thursday ahead of the Great Tennessee Air Show at the Smyrna Airport this weekend. Five other Blue Angel jets were not involved in the incident and landed safely moments later. Larry Farley, the Rutherford County fire chief, dispatchers...
- 6/2/2016
- by Deborah Price and Christina Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
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