 Rear Admiral T. A. Ahroon, commander of the "Philippine Sea", reported that there was no evidence that a midair explosion had occurred, but the Navy also found that many of the pieces of debris bore distinct evidence of fire damage.Searchers were unable to recover any of the major components of the airliner, and the depth of the ocean in that area was around , which meant that any wreckage on the bottom would be too deep to locate or recover.The missing aircraft was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, serial number 15960, registered N90944.