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that the crash happened around 2:20 saturday morning. that s when the cargo ship involved in this mayday distress called. now the japanese coast guard is saying that based on interviews with members of the crew of the container ship, they believe that the crash actually happened about 50 minutes before that. they say it isn t unusual that the crew didn t immediately call for help. they could have been following other safety procedures or trying to navigate in that busy passageway. the u.s. military is holding firm. they believe this crash did, in fact, happen at 2:20 in the morning. why does this matter? both sides will be looking at the precise movement of both ships involved in order to determine how they could have been set on this collision course. this was a deadly crash. the crew of the uss fitzgerald numbered in the hundreds. several sailors did not survive the crash. the bodies were found by divers in the sleeping compartments below deck. the bodies of the sailors are being r