The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier had been leading the search for the sailors missing since the Nov. 22 plane crash in the Pacific Ocean. (Kenneth Abbate/AFP/Getty Images)The U.S. Navy called off its search for three sailors missing since Wednesday, when a transport plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean on its way to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. The Reagan had been leading the search effort, joined by eight U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships, three helicopter squadrons and maritime patrol aircraft. They covered nearly 1,000 square nautical miles in the search for the sailors, who have been missing since the C-2A Greyhound crashed about halfway between Okinawa and Guam on Wednesday afternoon. It was the first time since 1973 that a Navy C2-A has been involved in a fatal crash.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2017 08:03 UTC