Searchers spotted the wreckage of the plane, but not the crew, Wednesday afternoon amid bad weather and remote terrain.

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.

The U.S. Navy says a fighter jet with two aviators on board crashed in Washington state during training. According to the Navy, they began searching for the missing pilots the minute they got news of the crash.