TOKYO: The US Navy on Friday called off its search for three American sailors missing since their plane crashed in the Philippine Sea.

A C-2A "Greyhound" aircraft with 11 people on board went down Wednesday afternoon around 930 kilometers (500 nautical miles) southeast of Okinawa. Eight sailors were rescued shortly after the accident.

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