The plane went down around 10 miles outside of Harrington,Washington on Monday morning, Lincoln County Sheriff Wade told Komo4 News.
He said there were no survivors and police were cordoning off thecrash site while waiting for investigators to reach the scene. Thevictims of the crash have yet to be identified.
Local resident Halee Walter told the station she heard a hugeexplosion that rattled her home.
"I went outside and of course I could see the smoke," shesaid. "The ambulance and police and fire trucks were all there anda plane had gone down and there was still another military aircraftcircling."
The manager of nearby Odessa airport told KREM 2 that he flewover the scene after hearing the crash. Dammel said all he couldsee was a charred spot on the ground, which was littered withdebris.
The plane was a Navy EA-6B Prowler, a twin-engine electronicwarfare jet which sets up to four, including one pilot and threeelectronics countermeasures technicians.
A spokesman for the naval air station also confirmed the crash,but did not provide any additional information.
"It was flying out there. I don't know exactly what it wasdoing," Reuters cites base spokesman Mike Welding as saying."Everything is really preliminary at this point," hecontinued.
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is located on Whidbey Island,which lies about 30 miles north of Seattle.
There are currently 17 active duty squadrons and 2 Ready Reservesquadrons operating out of the base.
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