Coast Guard says 4 rescued after 2 jets collide off North Carolina coast

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Stock photo of a US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet (By Service Depicted: NavyCamera Operator via Wikimedia Commons)

The Coast Guard says two jets collided off the North Carolina coast and four survivors have been taken to hospitals.

BREAKING: 2 F/A-18s have crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Outer Banks. 4 people recovered and are being taken to hospital. Injuries unknown.
— The Virginian-Pilot (@PilotNews) May 26, 2016

The USCG said two planes collided 25 miles east of Oregon Inlet around 10:30 a.m.

A Navy official said the four aviators aboard the F/A-18 Super Hornets are safe. They all ejected safely and have been pulled from the water.

Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Canup says the four were plucked off a commercial fishing ship that pulled them out of the Atlantic Ocean and flown by Coast Guard helicopter to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

The incident is under investigation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.