Blue Angels crash blamed on pilot error
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By Brad Lendon, CNN
Updated 7:14 AM ET, Fri September 16, 2016
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Pilot was going too fast, was not high enough, report says
The Split S maneuver won't be performed by Blue Angels until at least next year
(CNN)The crash of a Blue Angels flight while it was preparing for an air show in Tennessee in June was a result of pilot error, a Navy report says.
Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was killed in the crash June 2 in Smyrna, Tennessee, after he could not complete a maneuver in his F/A-18 jet, according to the report.
It said Kuss, flying Blue Angel Number 6, was going too fast and was not high enough when he tried what is called a "Split S" maneuver.
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