A Navy F/A-18E fighter jet crashed in California on Tuesday, but the pilot was able to eject safely, according to a Navy spokesman.
"An F/A-18E Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Lemoore experienced a mishap at approximately 10:10 a.m. today during a routine training flight near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake," Cmdr. Zachary Harrell, a spokesman for Naval Air Forces, said Tuesday.
Lemoore is an inland airbase located in California's Central Valley.
"The pilot ejected safely and was taken to a local medical facility for examination," said Harrell.
Harrell told ABC News that the pilot was in good and stable condition.
The F/A-18 crashed in eastern Kern County, near Highway 178 and 14, according to KERO, an ABC affiliate.
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Lt. Joel Swanson, the spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff's Department, told the Bakersfield Californian that deputies and the Kern County Fire Department responded to the scene.