Saturday, April 21, 2007

Breaking: Blue Angel Plane Crashes

UPDATED BELOW

CNN: A jet flying in formation with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team crashed into a Beaufort, South Carolina, neighborhood, causing an "enormous fireball" during an air show, authorities said.

The Navy aviator was killed Beaufort County Coroner Curt Copeland said. The F/A-18's pilot is the only known fatality.

UPDATED
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The Beaufort, S.C. Gazette is on the scene with the latest updates.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A sad day...

Anonymous said...

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