Transcript for Navy admiral assures full investigation into ship collision

Our priority here in Singapore is taking care of a room and their families ensuring they have all the resources they need. And our update on the status partnership. And their shipmates. I've visited with the crew today they are. And they are resilient. It is clear that there damage control effort saved their ship and save lives. From my visit and John S McCain today I can tell you she has sustained significant damage your reports I. The flooding was halted but the extent of the damage is still being determined. We will conduct a thorough and full investigation. Into this collision. What occurred. What happened. And how it happened. As you know this collision happened within two months. One another. The collision involving the US FitzGerald. Which caused the death of seven sailors and earlier this year. There were two other incidences involving surface ships in the western Pacific. When tragedy like this. This went through me. And while each of these four events is unique they cannot be used they cannot be viewed in isolation. I've heard of these reports. Potential. Cyber attacks or cyber interference. We've seen no indications. As a yes. But I think the chief of naval operations was very clear. We are not taking any consideration offered him. And that every scenario will be reviewed and investigated and CTO. There is one body that has been reported by the Malaysian navy is we have discovered. Other bodies during the diving. McCain today. Whether it's premature to say. How many. And what the status of recovery of those. We're always hopeful that there are survivors the Sar effort continues. I think the fruits of that effort of the fact that the Malaysians. Reported recovering a body. I'm so until we have exhausted. And he potential. Recovering survivors or bodies via search and rescue efforts we'll.

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