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.

San Diego Bay will lose an amphibious assault ship this year but gain an equally brawny replacement as the Navy goes through a planned rotation of huge vessels that transport and deploy Marines, the Navy says.

The plunge Wednesday of an uncontrolled E/A-18G Growler into the San Diego Bay channel between Coronado and Shelter Island ended a 71-year span of no water mishaps since flights from surrounding fields began 114 years ago at North Island.

Military crews worked Thursday to recover a fighter jet that crashed into San Diego Bay and sank this week after its two-person crew safely ejected during an apparent mechanical emergency.

Rescue crews responded around 10:15 a.m. to reports that a plane crashed into the water, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

Roughly $67 million was lost in the splash down of an EA-18G Growler fighter jet in the San Diego Bay and the cost to recover the sensitive warfare equipment is currently running. But those aren’t the only financial issues caused by the crash.

More than 24 hours after a U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler nose-dived into the San Diego Bay, the fighter jet was still submerged in the water Thursday and Harbor Police patrols were seen circling the containment boom.

Just over 24 hours after a military fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Bay, ABC 10News has learned more about the aircraft and the investigation.

The United States military has some of the world's best technology at its disposal, but there are still plenty of ways for things to go awry. That was the

A local boat company out on a private charter is being credited for their quick thinking after a Navy jet crashed into the San Diego Bay Wednesday morning.

An expert pilot who analyzed fighter jets for the Pentagon was stumped on what could have led a Navy plane to crash into San Diego Bay Wednesday.

Military officials said both pilots onboard were safely ejected and rescued by the fishing vessel Premiere shortly after the crash. The pilots were transferred to a small U.S. Cus