US, Hong Kong divers' bodies found in Philippines

The tourist's remains were retrieved from inside the USS New York off the Subic Bay free port late Monday, while the dead American was brought ashore Tuesday, local police officer Jose Llaves told AFP.

Steve Brittain, an instructor with Johan Dive Shop in Subic Bay, took Hong Kong tourists Tin Shun-chuen and Chow Fung-lung diving at the popular wreck on Sunday, police said earlier.

However only Chow emerged from the expedition. He told police he lost track of Brittain and Tin because of poor visibility as they swam through the wreck, forcing him to surface.

Nino Palmiano, a staff member for the Boardwalk Dive Shop in Subic whose dive masters took part in the search and rescue effort, told AFP that Brittain was a popular and experienced diving instructor in the area.