Two pilots were rescued after a fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Bay Wednesday morning, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
A U.S. Navy spokesperson confirmed that the aircraft was an E/A-18 G Growler. The spokesperson said the aircrew safely ejected, and they were taken out of the water. The U.S. Coast Guard says they were rescued by a fishing boat after they were only in the water for a minute.
The pilots were then transferred to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat on the scene before being taken to the hospital, per the Coast Guard.
A Scripps News Group crew was at the scene reporting on another story when they saw the immediate aftermath of the crash a little before 10:30 a.m.
Naval Air Station North Island sits directly east of where the reporting team was at the time of the crash.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department initially responded to the scene, but they were called off as federal emergency responders pulled the pilots out of the water. That included the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Harbor PD.
Both pilots were taken to UC San Diego Health in Hillcrest.
The extent of the pilots' injuries is unclear at this point; however, they were said to be stable.
This story was originally published by Perla Shaheen with the Scripps News Group.
