(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Sailors missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with container ship off Japan have been found dead, the US Navy and Japanese media says.
The collision happened early on Saturday, and a search began for the seven missing sailors, as a helicopter evacuated three injured crew.
The US Navy said rescue workers found the bodies on Sunday after gaining access to damaged parts of the ship.
It said they will be taken to a Japanese hospital to be identified.
