10 p.m. Team Coverage of Thunderbird investigation

you a live look at the scene. investigators say the plane will stay overnight. and an investigation team will arrive saturday. the thunderbirds say air force pilot major alex turner, is alright tonight. but their next show at kirtland air base in new mexico this weekend is canceled because of the crash in colorado springs.. that crash happened just after the air force academy graduation near fontain and powers south of the colorado springs airport. about 11- hundred miles away .. a colorado native died after a blue angels jet crashed in tennesee. marine captain jeff kuss is originally from durango. he was the pilot of a navy f-a 18 jet.. part of the navy’s elite “blue angels” flight.. the crash happened near nashville.. as they were practicing for an air show. we have live team coverage tonight. greg miller has more on how air force major alex turner likely saved lives today. but first, krdo newschannel 13’s emily allen is talking with witnesses.. she has new information from the crash site tonight. the air force has this entire area lit up… the air force has this entire area lit up… it’s doing this so investigators can work through the night … and it also helps guards keep this area secure. it’s been an unbelieveable day for this pilot… and everyone who watched him go down. 10 – 0:17 i was coming out of my barn yard after taking care can work through the night … and it also helps guards keep this area secure. it’s been an unbelieveable day for this pilot… and everyone who watched him go down. 10 – 0:17 i was coming out of my barn yard after taking care of my animals. it was about 1:00 diana russell watched the thunderbirds soar above her home. she thought she was in for a show… 9 – 0:19 i saw the thunderbirds coming across the sky in their six man formation and so did jennifer davis… 19 – 2:33 i was loading up kids in the van and stopped to watch the plane go by. but within minutes… nats — thunderbird crash. things went south. 19 – 1:04 we saw an explosion and the top came off and then we saw the parachute. 10 – 1:40 i could see a flame shoot out from the top of the jet and i thought what in the world was that and i saw something come up and then i saw he ejected and i was like 10 -2:06 that plane is about to crash, where is it going to crash as far as i could tell, it was coming toward me and toward my house and then i saw it was turning russell expected boom… a blast… anything… 9 – 4:23 i waited for the fireball that never came instead… major alex turner’s jet came to rest in this empty field…a safe spot away from homes and people. 9 – 5:24 i saw the plane in the field and it looked like someone just parked it in the field. the air force reports turner is o-k. 20:00:09 major turner is in good health. law enforcement says turner’s jet had a mechanical issue. but the air force will now investigate exactly what malfunctioned. su: this is an expensive jet and it has military equipment on it. that’s why you see a lot of military personnell out here. theya re guarding the jet until he gets removed. russell says it’s too bad the plane went down… but things could have been worse. 9 – 7:16 kudos to the pilot and i am glad he is ok. i am sorry the plane isn’t but those things happen. it’s not the show-stopper she expected… but she’s glad it’s a good ending. the airforce will comb through this field to make sure nothing is left behind. in epc, ea krdo nc13. many are praising the pilot.. for keeping his thunderbird from hitting homes and people. major alex turner flies the number six jet for the air force thunderbirds team. he’s logged more than 12- hundred flight hours as an air force pilot, with more than 270 combat hours over libya and iraq. here’s another live look from the site again. and tonight we’re hearing from the pilot’s mother. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller has more his mother relieved as she learned of the news from afar. and others tonight are praising him for guiding the plane down here… and not neighborhoods. a crash that could’ve been so much worse. scanner sound: we’re getting calls for an aircraft emergency in the glenn subdivison of mesa ridge parkway. when major alex turner’s mother, in massachuset ts, got word his thunderbird crashed… 0:00 i could barely catch my breath, my stomach sank, my heart dropped. it’s hard. just knowing your child is going through something like that. agonizing moments before his wife called … to say he was okay. 0:12 you have to trust that he knows what he’s doing that he knows what he’s doing. that he has good training. that training led him to eject seconds before his thunderbird paid off. this view from inside a thunderbird cockpit shows the complexities of the maneuvers they endure. the major underwent screenings and a meeting with president obama. standup: the people we talked to who live nearby, say it was that pilot’s skill, the fact that he could get the thunderbird down here in an open field instead of nearby neighborhoods … it’s a miracle. sot: jerry siegrist was a navigator for the air force decades ago – he says major turner should be commended 2:42 i’m convinced he really is a hero in getting that airplane turned away from this housing area, so he wasn’t instrumental in a tragedy. praising major turner … as his family waits to see him again. sot: and major turner should be just fine. live in el paso county, gm, nc 13. colorado springs mayor john suthers is out of town tonight. but he released this statement… “i am thankful that the pilot ejected safely and was able to maneuver the aircraft to avoid any injuries on the ground.” and tonight we’re hearing the controlled chaos.. the moments emergency dispatchers and first responders got the calls that a plane went down. and we will continue to follow this story throughout the night over on our website, krdo dot com. and we will continue to follow this story throughout the night over on our website, krdo dot com. and a neighborhood in and we will continue to follow this story throughout the night over on our website, krdo dot com.