SINGAPORE: The US Navy said on Thursday that human remains found by Malaysia were not one of 10 missing sailors after a collision between one of its guided-missile destroyers and a merchant vessel off Johor this week.
Medical examination of the remains, which the Malaysian navy discovered about eight nautical miles northwest of where the USS John S. McCain and a merchant vessel collided on Monday, confirmed it was not one of the 10 sailors, the US. Seventh Fleet said in a statement.
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