Surviving Ehime crew members head back to Japan

Surviving Ehime crew members head back to Japan

HONOLULU, United States - The 16 surviving crew members, four (in front) pictured here, of the Ehime Maru leave Honolulu airport to head back to Japan on Feb. 14. The Japanese fishery training ship sank after being struck by a U.S. submarine off the Hawaiian coast last week. Nine of those on board remain missing.

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