Searchers reach crash site of Navy Growler from Whidbey

EVERETT — The U.S. Navy, along with local law enforcement and other agencies, reached the site Friday where a Navy EA-18G Growler crashed near Mount Rainier during a routine training flight.

At 3:23 p.m., the Boeing-made aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron 130 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed about 30 miles west of Yakima in a remote, steep and heavily-wooded area. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

“Personnel on site are methodically searching an expansive area, evaluating debris and searching for information in the snow-covered, wilderness environment,” according to an update posted Friday evening on Facebook.

As the search entered its fourth day, the fate of the two crew members remained unknown and their identities had not been released.

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