'Some remains' of missing 10 sailors found after collision, admiral says


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DATE: Aug. 22, 2017, 7:11 p.m.

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  1. "Some remaining parts" of 10 missing US mariners have been found after the crash between the US destroyer John S. McCain and an oil tanker close Singapore, US Navy Adm. Scott Swift said Tuesday.
  2. Naval force and Marine Corps jumpers found the remaining parts in the fixed compartments on board the McCain, said Swift, leader of the Pacific Fleet.
  3. The Royal Malaysian Navy has found one body adrift, and authorities are attempting to decide whether it is one of the missing mariners, he said. Jumpers have additionally found others.
  4. US military jumpers keep on searching the overflowed regions of the McCain. Ships and planes are scouring the oceans east of Singapore. Jumpers will likewise survey the degree of harm to the warship, which is docked at a Singapore maritime office, as indicated by the Navy.
  5. "Until the point when we have depleted any capability of recuperating survivors or bodies, the hunt and protect endeavors will proceed with," Swift said.

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