The Philippine container ship ACX Crystal, which yesterday, June 16, collided with the USS Fitzgerald USS destroyer, sharply changed course before the collision.

This is reported by the Japanese media with reference to the data of ship's on-board records, reports DW.

The dry-cargo ship turned off course about an hour before the first reports of its collision with an American destroyer 100 kilometers off the coast of Japan began to arrive.

The exchange rate shifted to the southeast of the Izu Peninsula around 01:30 on Saturday local time. After the incident, ACX Crystal first moved to the east, and after 30 minutes turned 180 degrees and returned to the scene.