Navy Aircraft Crashes Near Mount Rainier, Search Underway for 2 Missing Crew Members

A search and rescue mission is currently underway for the EA-18G Growler from the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130.

In this file photograph, an EA-18G Growler assigned to the Zappers of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), on Dec. 21, 2016. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy

A search is underway after a U.S. Navy aircraft crashed east of Mount Rainier in Washington state on the evening of Oct. 15, with two crew members on board, military officials announced.

The EA-18G Growler went down during a routine training flight at approximately 3:20 p.m. Pacific time, the Navy said.