The two Navy pilots ejected from the plane, which crashed in the San Diego Harbor shortly after 10 a.m. local time.

A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Bay on Wednesday morning, but the two pilots on board managed to eject safely before they were rescued, according San Diego Fire-Rescue. KGTV, an ABC-affiliated station in San Diego,

As the jet impacted the surface, a massive plume of smoke and water shot into the air before disappearing off the shore near Shelter Island, a neighborhood located across the bay from Naval Air Station North Island.