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Pilot rescued after military training jet crashes off California coast
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By Laura Sharman, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A military training fighter jet crashed off the coast of California Tuesday, with the pilot rescued from the water by a search-and-rescue helicopter, officials told CNN affiliates KMPH and KCRA.
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According to FlightRadar24, the aircraft, which went by call sign SNAKE4, was conducting exercises off the coast of Monterey County and San Luis Obispo County.
A contracted pilot flying a Navy training mission ejected from a fighter jet that crashed into the ocean off the Central Coast of California on Tuesday night after experiencing a total engine failure. Radio traffic captured the jet’s harrowing final moments with the pilot sending out an emergency “m…
By Laura Sharman, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — A military training fighter jet crashed off the coast of California Tuesday, with the pilot rescued from the water by a search-and-rescue helicopter, officials told CNN affiliates KMPH and KCRA.
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