Two crew members of a U.S. Navy jet were safely rescued after ejecting from the aircraft before it crashed off the coast of San Diego. The incident occurred during a training flight, and the pilots were quickly picked up by a nearby sportfishing boat. The Coast Guard has since taken over the scene and is safeguarding the wreckage of the E/A-18G Growler.
Two crew members ejected from a U.S. Navy jet before it crashed Wednesday off the San Diego coast and were quickly rescued by a sportfishing boat, authorities said. The two occupants of the E/A-18G Growler were first picked up by the Premier Sportfishing vessel then transferred to a nearby Customs and Border Protection vessel, said Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer Christopher Sappey.
On a live webcam of San Diego harbor traffic, someone aboard the Premier can be heard telling the Coast Guard that the crew members ejected right after takeoff.Shortly afterward, someone from the boat added, “We have both pilots on board and safe.' Photos posted by the fishing company on its website appear to show two people dropping into the water with parachutes. “We are relieved and grateful to have had one of our vessels in the right place at the right time,” Frank Ursitti, general manager of H&M Landing, the company that owns the boat, said in a news release. “Captain Brandon Viets and the crew of the Premier acted swiftly, and thanks to their professionalism, were able to bring these pilots to safety.”The Coast Guard has two vessels now safeguarding the Growler wreckage in the San Diego Harbor, Sappey said. Further details of the crash weren’t immediately available.
NAVY PLANE CRASH SAN DIEGO RESCUE SPORTFISHING BOAT COAST GUARD
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