Four Die In Crash Of Electronics Warfare Plane

A Marine electronic-warfare plane crashed in the desert Friday, killing all four people aboard.

The EA-6B Prowler, designed to jam enemy communications, went down at midmorning during a training mission with another Prowler on a gunnery range near the Gila Mountains, about 40 miles east of the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma.

The crew of the second Prowler witnessed the crash, which happened in fair weather, Col. Craig Turner said. The cause was under investigation.

The victims’ names were not immediately released.