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Incident occurs near Naval Air Station North Island in California.
Growler went down east of Mount Rainier on October 15.
Fighter jet crashed east of Mount Rainier on October 15 during a routine training mission.
It is not known if the crew was able to eject before the accident.
Search continues for the two crewmen aboard the aircraft.
A temporary flight restriction was put in place over the search area from the surface to 10,000 feet to protect the aircraft participating in the efforts.
Vought V-173 prototype’s 427 square feet of wing area gave it the capability of taking off nearly vertically with typical wind over a ship’s deck.
The Martin JRM-1 flying boat has no landing gear and operates only from water.
The multi-engine trainer is replacing the T-44C Pegasus, which has been in service since 1977.