A F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier both crashed into the South China Sea Sunday afternoon in separate aircraft mishaps. A spokesperson for the U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed the two crashes, saying in a statement that the mishaps happened approximately half an hour apart.

All five Navy personnel involved in the two mishaps were safely recovered and described as being in stable condition. The U.S. Naval Institute first reported on the crashes.

Both the Super Hornet and the Sea Hawk were conducting “routine operations” after taking off from the USS Nimitz on Sunday afternoon. At approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 went down in the waters.

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