Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the US navy said on Sunday.
The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday afternoon, according to navy officials. Search teams, including a US navy MH-60S helicopter, launched from the air station to try to find the crew and crash site.
Special forces soldiers trained in mountaineering, high-angle rescue and technical communications were brought in to reach the wreckage, which was located on Wednesday by an aerial crew resting at about 6,000ft (1,828m) in a remote, steep and heavily wooded area east of Mount Rainier, officials said.
The aviators’ names will not be released until a day after their next of kin have been notified, the navy said in a statement on Sunday, adding that search and rescue efforts have shifted into a long-term salvage and recovery operation as the cause of the crash is still being investigated.
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