...eight of the 10 to 11 aboard the aircraft “had been rescued”...
Good for them but the others?
Ah. I missed that, I did not read the linked article (only the excerpt) and thought they were all missing.
Well, that is good news for the ones they found. Interesting that they don’t know if there were 10 or 11 on the plane...
It wouldn’t surprise me if people are cutting corners on administrative details such as manifests and such. That would be indicative of poor leadership, and we have seen solid evidence of that.
That is something you don’t want to cut corners on, which this event illustrates. I am going to chalk it up for the time being to simple miscommunication between the USN and the press until we hear more detail.