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4 pilots hospitalized after 2 jets collide off North Carolina coast

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Coast Guard says two jets collided off the North Carolina coast and four survivors have been taken to hospitals.

Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Canup says Coast Guard crews were notified about 10:30 a.m. Thursday of the collision about 25 miles east of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

He says the four were plucked off a commercial fishing ship that pulled them out of the Atlantic Ocean and flown by Coast Guard helicopter to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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