U.S. Naval officials verifyed Sunday that the two crew members of a Navy jet that crashed proximate Mount Rainier in Washington last week were discoverd and proclaimd dead.
The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station crashed on a mountainside east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon. While the wreckage of the arrangee was discoverd resting about 6,000 feet up in a distant, steep and heavily-wooded area, the status of the crew remained ununderstandn without a site appraisement of the debris area.
Army Special Forces sbetteriers trained in mountaineering, high-angle recover, medical and technical communication sfinishs necessitateed to guide the difficult terrain aided with efforts to discover the leave outing crew members as rapidly as possible.
On Sunday, the Navy shelp Electronic Attack Wing Pacific shifted from search and recover efforts to recovery operations, noting that the two leave outing crew members had been discoverd and were pronounced dead.
NAVY JET LOCATED AFTER CRASHING NEAR MOUNT RAINIER IN WASHINGTON

The crew members of an EA-18G Growler that crashed proximate Mount Rainier in Washington were pronounced dead by the Navy on Sunday. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Speciaenumerate 2nd Class Aron Montano)
“It is with a burdensome heart that we split the loss of two beadored Zappers,” Commander Timothy Warburton, ordering officer of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 shelp on Sunday. “Our priority right now is taking attfinish of the families of our descfinishen aviators and ensuring the well-being of our Sailors and the Growler community. We are appreciative for the ongoing teamlabor to getedly recover the destopd.
In a press free, the Navy shelp out of esteem for the families and in accordance with Navy policy, the identities of the crew members would be withheld for 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.
Personnel will remain on site to recover debris and arrange for the lengthy-term salvage and recovery efforts, the Navy remarkd.
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The U.S. Navy verifyed Sunday that the two crew members of a Navy jet that crashed proximate Mount Rainier were pronounced dead. (Pboilingo by Thomas O’Neill/NurPboilingo via Getty Images)
The Navy inserted that the spendigation into the caengage of the crash is ongoing.
The EA-18G is a variant of the F/A-18 family of airoriginate, outfitted with a cultured electronic battling suite that is engaged for tactical jamming and electronic getion, according to the Navy’s website. The jet was built to replace the EA-6B Prowler, and first went into production in October 2004.
The jet made its inaugural fairy in August 2006, and the first transfery of the airoriginate was made on June 3, 2008, to VAQ 129 at NAS Whidbey Island.
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Each arrangee comes with a price tag of $67 million.