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The latest update is that one of the crew members is on the "uss kearsarge." the other has been taken to europe, he's okay. some minor injuries. they had a mechanical failure and had to eject from the plane. their parachutes worked but they landed in separate places. the pilot landed in one area. they were able to call in a rescue team from the mediterranean sea to pick him up. the weapons officers were recovered by some of the rebels opposing gadhafi. the pentagon officials say the rebels treated him with dignity and respect. i saw in one report that one of the men gave him a kiss and a hug. ...

Actually was recovered by some of the rebels who are opposing gadhafi. the pentagon official say the rebels treated him with dignity and respect. i saw in one report that one of the men gave him a kiss and a hug. but when they were recovering that pilot, the pilot saw some locals advancing on him. he didn't know if they were friend or foe, and they strafed the area, they dropped a couple of bombs in the space between the pilot and where the locals were coming. it was not meant to kill. it was just meant to create a space between them and ward them off. no one was killed but several of them wer...

And respect. i saw in one report that one of the men gave him a kiss and a hug. but when they were recovering that pilot, the pilot saw some locals advancing on him. he didn't know if they were friend or foe, and they strafed the area in between the space of the pilot and where the locals were coming. it was just meant to create a space between them. no one was killed but several of them were injured and taken to the hospital. again, that and the crash itself all part of the larger investigation. >> arwa, you went to the crash site. i want to play a quick clip from someone who found the pilot....

>>shepard: and now, straight to jennifer from the pentagon, now, more on the downed jet. >>reporter: that is right. we have just learned, in fact, seven u.s. war planes were deployed to rescue the two downed pilots from the f-15 which want down at 11:30 p.m. and the first pilot was rescued in one hour but what we did not know is that two jets were deployed in support of the mission and those jets dropped bombs when the first pilot saw they suspected enemy in the distance, they were called in foreclose air supports and they dropped bombs, and marine spokesman we spoke to say that they do not th...

There were three planes in the air at the time. the two that collided and a glider that was being towed. miraculously the glider's pilot saw the collision was imminent on quickly unhooked the glider's tether and flew right through the fireball. he described that moment in an exclusive interview on the "today" show. >> it was instant. it was a huge fireball. i wasn't sure if i was released yet. it was really quick. i pitched back, banked to the right and we flew straight through fire. i didn't see the wreckage anymore because it was gone because everything was red. >> investigators are still tr...