WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Now for more detailed information on the investigation, we turn to CNN's Gary Tuchman. He joins us live from the home port of the Cole, Norfolk, Virginia -- Gary.</s>GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, we have learned from Navy authorities here in Norfolk that those 24 engineers who are civilian employees of the U.S. Navy are now in the air, on the their way to Yemen. When they get there, they will start trying to pry open the crushed compartment doors on bottom of the USS Cole. It is expected that when they succeed and they get into the those compartment doors, they will find the bodies of the 10 missing sailors. We want to stress that right now, the official death toll is still at seven, but authorities here say this now completely a recovery mission. There is no rescuing to do, they do fully expect the death toll to officially be 17 once they find the 10 bodies.
Missing Sailors from USS Cole Presumed Dead