Q: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Passage: Ballesteros police chief Joel Cumlad said a composite team from the police, fire department and navy has been searching the sea and shore for the plane, but authorities have yet to recover any aircraft debris that would confirm the crash. Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the area with vessels and airplanes dispatched early Friday morning for the operations, officials said.
A:
said