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Navy suspends search for three missing sailors in Philippine Sea

By Pete Kasperowicz

Published November 24, 2017 2:47am ET

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Navy suspends search for three missing sailors in Philippine Sea — A C-2A Greyhound launches off the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman off the coast of Florida ., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The ship was participating in a Joint Task Force Exercise in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) | Steve Helber

The Navy suspended search and rescue operations for three sailors who were not recovered when a C-2A Greyhound aircraft crashed in the Philippine Sea last week.

Eight people were rescued, and three were not recovered. But the Navy said it could not locate three others despite a search of almost 1,000 nautical square miles.

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