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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Virginian-Pilot<\/a> reports that two Navy aviators were killed in a crash near the Florida Keys;<\/p>\n Two Navy aviators from the Naval Air Station Oceana-based Strike Fighter Squadron 213 died Wednesday after their F\/A-18 Super Hornet crashed off the coast of Florida, Naval Air Force Atlantic spokesman Cmdr. Dave Hecht said.<\/p>\n The fighter jet crashed about a mile off the coast around 4:30 p.m. as it was returning from a training mission, Hecht said. Both crew members ejected and were recovered from the water and taken by ambulance to Lower Keys Medical Center. Hecht did not know if the crew members, a pilot and a weapons systems officer, died at the scene or later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Navy made the recovery before civilian first responders could get on the scene, according to NBC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office told NBC Miami that it dispatched units but that the Navy said it had the situation under control and didn’t need assistance.<\/p>\n Witnesses to the crash told the Florida Keys News that they saw what looked like an explosion.<\/p>\n “I saw the fire and then it just dropped,\u201d said Barbie Wilson, who described the jet bursting into flames. “In the air, I saw fire.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"