The US Navy is searching for two crew members after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington during a training flight on Tuesday.

A U.S. Navy jet crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington state and a search was underway for the plane's two crew members, the Navy said.

A search is underway for two Navy crew members who were onboard the EA -18G Growler aircraft that crashed east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday. The aircraft took off from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during a routine training flight and crashed at around 3:23 p.m., according to a news release from the air station.