A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement.

This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet was shot down by an American ship by mistake,

At the time of the incident, the U.S. was carrying out airstrikes near Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.