Original sentence: After attempts to locate the plane in Libya, its nine crewmen were classified as MIA, and presumed dead, believed to have perished after crashing in the Mediterranean.The Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator of the United States Army Air Forces, serial number 41-24301, during World War II.entry in the navigator's log shows a bearing of 140° that indicates the plane abandoned the mission and turned back towards base, but its whereabouts at that time are not known and may have been a source of dispute among the crew itself.the plane dropped its bombs into the Mediterranean to reduce weight and decrease its fuel consumption
Edited sentence: After attempts to locate the plane in Libya, its nine crewmen were classified as Missing in action, and presumed dead, believed to have perished after crashing in the Mediterranean Sea.Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator of the United States Army Air Forces, serial number 41-24301, during World War II.an entry in the navigator's log shows a bearing of 140° that indicates the plane abandoned the mission and turned back towards base, but its whereabouts at that time are not known and may have been a source of dispute among the crew itself.the plane dropped its bombs into the Mediterranean to reduce weight and as a result fuel consumption