US Navy: Body found by Malaysia not USS McCain sailor

Royal Malaysian Navy personnel carry a body onto their ship during a search and rescue operation for survivors of the USS John McCain ship collision in Malaysian waters in this undated handout released August 22, 2017. Royal Malaysian Navy Handout via REUTERS

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.