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The US suspended search for missing crew in the South China Sea

Jeff Davis
US Defense Department spokesman, Jeff Davis
US ships suspended a search for a crew believed to have crashed out of the ship during operations. In the South China Sea.

US defense spokesman Jeff Davis told reporters on Friday that search operations were " Shipments of Japanese and Chinese ships stopped early on Friday.

The missing crew member is a crew member on the USS Stethem destroyer equipped with missile missiles. It was believed the crew had gone to the destroyer around 9 am local time on Tuesday When Davis, a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, called "routine operations in international waters" at a distance About 260 km west of the Subic Bay Levels in the west of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

US P-3 Orion patrol aircraft and Japanese helicopters flew over the search mission several times over the United States. American and Japanese ships. Two nearby Chinese warships also assist in the search.

"We would like to evaluate the efforts of Japan and China," said Davis, a spokesman for the US Defense Department. In helping this search, this is a spirit of skill in managing a good ship. "

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