An ABC 10News crew was at the scene reporting on another story when they saw what appeared to be a military aircraft crash into the water.

Military crews worked Thursday to recover a fighter jet that crashed into San Diego Bay and sank this week after its two-person crew safely ejected during an apparent mechanical emergency.

Two aviators were safely plucked from San Diego Bay by an alert fishing boat crew after their Navy jet crashed Wednesday in the water near Shelter Island. The 10:15 a.m. crash on a rainy and misty morning happened as the aircrew was executing a “go around” maneuver at Naval Air Station North Island,