Search Still Underway For Missing Crew Members After U.S. Navy EA-18G Crashes Near Mt. Rainier
A EA-18G Growler Electronic Attack aircraft belonging to the Electronic Attack Squadron 130 (VAQ-130) “Zappers” carrying two crew members crashed near Washington’s Mount Rainier on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 3:23 p.m. local time. Neither crew member has been located. The aircraft wreckage was located in the mountainous region by search teams on Wednesday, October 16. “Aerial search crews located the wreckage at about 12:30 p.m.” the Navy said in a statement from spokesman Mike Welding
| Date: | Tuesday 15 October 2024 |
| Time: | c. 15:20 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing EA-18G Growler |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of Mount Rainier, WA -  United States of America |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, operated by Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 "Zappers", crashed "on a mountainside" east of Mount Rainier, Washington.
On the 16th of October around 12:30pm PST the crash site was located, SAR teams examined the site and looked for the crew. There are no reports suggesting that they have yet been found.
Rescue operations are still being conducted. It is unclear the extent of the damage to the aircraft, but it is assumed that the aircraft has been destroyed.
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