PILOT ERROR CITED IN FATAL BLUE ANGELS CRASH

An elite Blue Angels pilot was flying too fast and too low and lost control of his jet in a fatal crash at a Tennessee air show in June, the Navy said in a report released Thursday.

Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, 32, attempted to eject in the seconds before the crash, the chief of the Navy's Air Training Command said in a report, which was obtained by the Pensacola News

Journal through an official records request.

The report cited pilot error as the cause of the crash and said weather and fatigue were contributing factors.

The report recommended numerous short-term and longerterm changes to the flight demonstration program.

— Melissa Nelson Gabriel, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal