F-18 Crash Near Mt. Rainier

[mikecweb]

A Navy aircraft has crashed east of Mount Rainier, airspace closed around the site

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 crashed east of Mount Rainier during a routine training flight.

www.kiro7.com

 

[srleslie]

A Navy aircraft has crashed east of Mount Rainier, airspace closed around the site

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 crashed east of Mount Rainier during a routine training flight.

www.kiro7.com

Hmm

 

[Pilot Fighter]

A Navy aircraft has crashed east of Mount Rainier, airspace closed around the site

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 crashed east of Mount Rainier during a routine training flight.

www.kiro7.com

Damn. Always hate to see the “missing” word.

 

[Toobdrvr]

Oh no. Hoping for a positive outcome.

 

[inigo88]

@///AMG just checking in on ya.

 

[Roger Roger]

@///AMG just checking in on ya.

Oh crap I didn’t think of that

 

[Boris Badenov]

Oh crap I didn’t think of that

Well, he "liked" the post. So figure worst case he's hanging from a tree *WITH* cell service.

 

[Roger Roger]

Well, he "liked" the post. So figure worst case he's hanging from a tree *WITH* cell service.

Well, if that’s all I’m pretty sure he somehow deserves it. We don’t like him THAT much

 

[inigo88]

Well, he "liked" the post. So figure worst case he's hanging from a tree *WITH* cell service.

Gotta pass the time somehow while you wait for the CSAR helo!

But in all seriousness I’m glad he’s still with us, but also I imagine that’s a small community and I’m sorry for the loss they may be going through right now.

All the news articles are saying no pilots or wreckage have been found still since yesterday which feels pretty ominous , but hoping for a miracle that the crew could still be found alive. They have a fairly narrow search area defined by a TFR due east of Mt Rainier along VR-1355.

 

[BEEF SUPREME]

Thats deep in the Wilderness area.

 

[CFI A&P]

Gotta pass the time somehow while you wait for the CSAR helo!

Hanging from a tree cruising JetCareers seems like a good way to pass the time before having to explain why you yeeted a jet into Mt. Rainier.

 

[derg]

I should shoot @///AMG a text.

 

[derg]

It’s not him.

 

[Richman]

It’s not him.

Phew.

 

[Box hauler]

I wonder if they were flying a low level training route down in the trees or if they were up at altitude when whatever happened… happened.
Hopefully the crew comes out ok.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

I wonder if they were flying a low level training route down in the trees or if they were up at altitude when whatever happened… happened.
Hopefully the crew comes out ok.

They located the wreckage by air.

 

[///AMG]

I imagine that’s a small community and I’m sorry for the loss they may be going through right now.

Thanks for the concern guys. This is very true inigo, much smaller than the F/A-18/VFA community was. I'll hold my comments until names and more info is released, but it has been a pretty solemn 24 hrs at Whidbey.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

Thanks for the concern guys. This is very true inigo, much smaller than the F/A-18/VFA community was. I'll hold my comments until names and more info is released, but it has been a pretty solemn 24 hrs at Whidbey.

Are you in 129 or 209? Yesterday I was hoping you were in 209 or 129.

Dammit I hate it when I see “missing” in a PAO briefing.

 

[///AMG]

Are you in 129 or 209? Yesterday I was hoping you were in 209 or 129.

Dammit I hate it when I see “missing” in a PAO briefing.

-129 (SAU reservist)

 

[Pilot Fighter]

Not a surprise, but closure nonetheless.

Navy confirms deaths of two aviators after EA-18G Growler crash near Mount Rainier

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