Pilot's Condition Unclear After TN Air Show Jet Crash

A jet crashed at a Tennessee air show shortly after taking off Saturday afternoon, according to officials and witnesses.

The pilot of the Aero L-39 was the only person aboard and was not identified, NBC News reported; his condition is unclear. The Wings Over Big South Fork Air and Car Show at Scott County Municipal Airport in Oneida was cancelled, airport manager Hank Duvall said.

"He was only in the air after takeoff for less than two minutes before he crashed," a witness, Jennifer Culver, told NBC News.

She saw the plane go down behind a metal hangar, where it crashed in the 4:30 p.m. accident.

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