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Sept. 14, 2014 / 12:26 PM

Navy halts search for missing jet pilot after crash

"This is an exceptionally difficult time for the friends and family of the missing pilot and the Navy community," said Rear Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on September 3, 2013. As part of the U.S. 5th Fleet, Nimitz has moved into the Red Sea but has not been given orders to be part of the planning on any possible attack on Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons on its citizens. UPI/Nathan R. McDonald/U.S. Navy

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on September 3, 2013. As part of the U.S. 5th Fleet, Nimitz has moved into the Red Sea but has not been given orders to be part of the planning on any possible attack on Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons on its citizens. UPI/Nathan R. McDonald/U.S. Navy | License Photo

WAKE ISLAND, Hawaii, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy suspended its search for a pilot who went missing Thursday after two fighter jets crashed into the western Pacific Ocean.

The two F/A-18 Hornet jets were operating off the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier when they crashed.

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One pilot was rescued and treated on board the aircraft carrier. The second pilot was missing and was being searched for through late Friday.

The Navy released a statement Saturday saying the search for the second pilot, whose name wasn't reported, was being suspended and he was presumed dead.

"This is an exceptionally difficult time for the friends and family of the missing pilot and the Navy community," said Rear Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group. "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this tragedy."

Neither of the two aircrafts were recovered.

The crash happened about 290 miles west of Wake Island, Hawaii.

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