Navy EA-6B Prowler Crash Kills Three

Bethany Whitfield

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 01:40 AM ET

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** Scattered debris and charred earth mark
the site of the EA-6B Prowler crash.** Courtesy of Stan Dammel

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A Northrop Grumman EA-6B aircraft crashed during a routine low-level training flight in eastern Washington state.
All three crewmembers on board the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island assigned aircraft were confirmed dead.
The accident occurred Monday morning near Harrington, with local residents reporting a loud boom and strong blast.

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Three people are dead after a Northrop Grumman EA-6B crashed in eastern Washington state Monday morning during a routine low-level training flight.

According to base officials, the airplane was assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and went down shortly before 9 a.m. local time approximately 10 miles outside the city of Harrington, which lies southwest of Spokane.