Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard have rescued a contractor who ejected from his training aircraft more than a hundred miles off the coast of San Diego, Calif.
The pilot was transported to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, the Union-Tribune reported. He was flying in support of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group's pre-deployment exercises known as COMPTUEX. The cause of the pilot's ejection is currently unknown.