The News Tribune reported that two Navy crew members were onboard a EA-18G Growler aircraft when it crashed east of Mount Rainier at around 3:23 p.m. Tuesday during a routine training flight. The aircraft had departed earlier from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

The wreckage was found on a mountainside east of Mount Rainier, the Navy said. The status of the plane's two crew members was still unknown.