2 missing after Navy jet from Whidbey crashes near Mount Rainier

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By Whidbey News-Times

The fate of two crew members of a Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft that crashed near Mount Rainier on Tuesday remained unknown, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island reported Tuesday night.

At 3:23 p.m., the Boeing-made aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron 130 crashed east of the mountain on a routine training flight. The cause of the crash was also unknown and under investigation.

Multiple search and rescue assets, including a U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter, launched from NAS Whidbey Island to locate the crew and examine the crash site.

According to a press release, “Zappers” of VAQ-130 are based at NAS Whidbey Island and recently completed a combat deployment on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/2-missing-after-navy-jet-from-whidbey-crashes-near-mount-rainier/

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1. Practicing their terrain avoidance systems?

That requires flying low among hills and mountains.