An Israeli F-16 warplane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after an engine malfunction, but its two crew members were rescued.

An Israeli F-16 warplane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after an engine malfunction, but its two crew members were rescued.

“An F-16 combat aircraft crashed earlier today in the sea after the engine malfunctioned,” an Israeli military spokesman said on Sunday.

The US-made F-16, which is Israel’s latest and most advanced warplane, crashed approximately 50 kilometers west of the Gaza Strip during a training flight.

The Israeli official said that the plane’s two crew members, the pilot and the navigator, parachuted into the sea and were rescued.

The official added that the Israeli military subsequently grounded “all its F-15 and F-16 combat aircraft until circumstances of the incident are reviewed.”