CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : TWENTYNINE PALMS : 1 Killed, 1 Hurt in Military Accidents

A jet pilot was killed and an aerial observer was injured in separate training exercise accidents involving Marine Corps aircraft, military officials said. The pilot of a single-seat Marine AV-8B Harrier attack plane ejected before it crashed in a remote northern area of the Marine base at Twentynine Palms in the Mojave Desert, officials said. The pilot, whose name was withheld, was pronounced dead at the base hospital. At about the same time and in the same area, an aerial observer ejected from a two-seat Marine OV-10 observation plane. The pilot landed the aircraft safely, a Marine spokesman said. The reason for the ejection was not immediately determined and authorities said they did not know if the two mishaps were related. The injured Marine was hospitalized for observation. His name was not released.