Inside the US destroyer John McCain , who was damaged near the coast of Singapore, found the remains of sailors.

The US Pacific Fleet commander, Admiral Scott Swift, said the divers found human remains inside the destroyer John S. McCain, who collided with the tanker the day before, when an American vessel was on its way to Singapore, Reuters reports.

"Divers today during the search operation were able to find some remains in closed compartments," the admiral said at the Singapore naval base Changi, where the damaged ship is. In addition, the Malaysian military discovered a body in the sea, and the US Navy is working to determine the identity of the deceased, to make sure that this is one of the ten missing sailors of the destroyer.

The newspaper The Straits Times noted that initially the search for American sailors was conducted in an area of ​​about 128 square meters. Km. Today the Singaporean authorities have expanded the search zone 20 times.

"To date, the search area has been increased to 2.6 thousand square kilometers, the representatives of Singapore and the United States are conducting the operation in the central part, the Indonesian Navy in the south, and Malaysia in the north," the statement by the national Shipping and ports, which is quoted by TASS. In addition, on Tuesday, representatives of Australia joined the operation.

"John McCain" and the tanker Alnic MC collided on Monday, when the US ship was going to the Singapore port. The destroyer suffered severe damage to the hull in the stern area, several compartments flooded. 10 US sailors were reported missing, five more were injured.

Alnic MC is a Liberian tanker used for transportation of oil and chemical products. The tanker followed from the port on the Chinese island of Taiwan to Singapore, where unloading was planned.

The destroyer was named after the father of Senator John McCain - John "Sly" Sidney McCain, US Navy Admiral, who held several command posts during the Pacific World War II campaign.

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