Pilot not yet named
A Navy pilot whose jet crashed in the ocean near
Key West was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami for treatment
Friday afternoon.
At about 8:30 a.m the pilot of USN F/A-18C jet from VFA-106 "Gladiators", NAS Oceana Deployed to Key West, Florida for training ejected and the aircraft crashed off the Florida Keys about 36 miles southwest of Key West. He was rescued by a Navy HH-60 helicopter.
He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he underwent medical examinations.
The only pilot aboard was
found alive a short time later and was hoisted out of the water by a
Navy HH-60 helicopter
Coast Guard spokesman
Gretchen Eddy said the Coast Guard was notified by another F/A-18 pilot
about the crash and responded with helicopters, rescue boats and a
cutter
Thanks to Barbara A. Besteni Managing Editor NBC6.net - Miami/Ft. Lauderdale for permission to include photographs Copyright 2005 by NBC6.net from their online news reports on the ejection
