Two killed in San Diego military jet crash

"We only have two confirmed deaths at this point," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said at a news conference.

He said the victims might have been in a home where there were reports that a mother, grandmother and two children were present at the time of the crash.

The fighter crashed two miles from an airfield, as the pilot safely ejected, said Lt. Katheryn Putnam, a spokeswoman for the air station. The pilot had just taken off from an aircraft carrier offshore in the Pacific as part of a training exercise.

The pilot, who landed on a high school field, was hospitalized as a precaution, Putnam said. Witnesses told local radio the pilot might have been heading the plane to crash in a big canyon nearby in order to avoid the school.