Shocking images conquered the moment an American naval aircraft crashed landed in the San Diego Bay just after two pilots had thrown emergency situation over the waters.
The EA-18G Growler, one of the most powerful aircraft in Military Arsenal, American, collapsed on Wednesday in the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island.
The cause of the dropped Jet is not yet clear, but early reports suggested that it flew in front of the west coast when it fell out of the sky.
The pilots were rescued heroic by a chartered fishing team who witnessed the plane in the bay slapped just after the pilots had ejected and parachuted.
“One of our colleagues was on the deck and began to call us,” witness Conner Palmer told NBC San Diego.
“It seemed that you watched a Star Wars film, it collapsed directly into the water, massive explosion of water and sand, and to be honest, you had no idea what you just viewed.”
Witness Carol Gonzales said she knew that “something happened” when she saw two orange parachutes diving into the waters, and “the next what you know (the plane) came directly into the water.”
Emergency services including 60 employees, two boats, five fire engines and a helicopter team were brought to the scene around 10:15 am, said San Diego Fire and Rescue.
Various crews with the navy were also seen in the work of the crash place to prevent fuel from flows into the waters from the aircraft brought down while working to pick it up.
Shocking images conquered the moment an American navy aircraft accident landed in the San Diego Bay, moments after two pilots were ejected over the waters on Wednesday
Witnesses said the plane crashing landed with a 'massive explosion of water and sand'
Images showed the moments after the pilots had ejected
Military officers said that two pilots were on board and successfully dropped before the plane crashed and were saved by the chartered fishing boat because it was the first on site.
Brandon Diets, the captain of the fishing boat, said that his first thoughts were to racing to find the pilots.
“I saw one hit the water, and then the other, and just thought 'we had to go', and we immediately went to them,” he said.
“We didn't know if they were injured … We just knew that there were people in the water and we had to take them out.”
Both pilots were raced in a stable condition to UC San Diego Medical Center after they were saved from the waters.
Palmer added that as soon as the pilots were saved from the water, he saw them hug each other and 'checking the other was okay at a heart -warming moment.
Images showed that the plane crashed in the bay in the vicinity of the Kona Kai San Diego Resort and a number of companies along the coastline.
Witness Conner Palmer said the crash was like 'something from a Star Wars film', and said that as soon as the pilots were saved from the water, he saw them hug each other and 'the other checked was good at a heartwarming moment
Images showed emergency services racing to the scene on the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island
The plane collapsed in the bay in the vicinity of the Kona Kai San Diego Resort and a number of companies along the coastline
The owner of the fishing boat who picked up the pilots said that the staff on the boat came into action when they saw the pilots from the military plane cast out.
“While all our crews were trained in life -saving efforts, immediately came about, turned over, both pilots picked up in the water,” Manager Frank Ursitti told NBC San Diego.
And while they were on board the pilots on the water, [the captain] Observed that the plane is actually being dumped in San Diego Bay. '
Ursitti said that the plane collapsed in the bay within a few minutes after the pilots.
He said both pilots were aware when they were pulled out of the water. They were reportedly in a stable state, but officials have not yet announced the size of their injuries.
The most recent incident with an EA-18G Growler plane came in October 2024, when one of the naval hunters crashed near Mount Rainier in the state of Washington, which led to the death of both pilots on board.
The EA-18G Growler (seen in a non-related image from 2018) is one of the most powerful aircraft in the American military arsenal
It comes after a wave of aviation accidents fluctuated in recent weeks, including one of the worst air disasters in recent memory 15 days ago when a passenger beam of American Airlines collided with a military helicopter about Reagan National Airport, with 67 people killed.
Days later, a small air ambulance crash landed in Pennsylvania, killing six people on board the Jet and a seventh on the ground.
These disasters were followed by a small jet who dropped radars in Alaska last week, which led to the death of all 10 people on board.
And three days ago a private jet crashed owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil when the landing gear failed while it arrived at an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, killed the pilot and injured three others.
