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KEY WEST, Fla. – A Navy jet crashed Friday off the Florida Keys (search) and its pilot was rescued in the water after ejecting from the plane, the Coast Guard said.
The FA-18 went down 36 miles southwest of Key West around 9 a.m., said Coast Guard (search) spokeswoman Gretchen Eddy. The only pilot aboard was found alive a short time later and was hoisted out of the water by a Navy helicopter.
It was not immediately clear where the FA-18 (search) was based, its mission or what caused the crash.
The pilot was being taken to a hospital.