Argentine Navy submarine found a year after disappearing with 44 aboard

[Asid]

Argentine Navy submarine found a year after disappearing with 44 aboard



The Argentine military submarine ARA San Juan and crew are seen as they leave the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina June 2, 2014 Credit:  REUTERS


BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Argentine Navy said on Saturday a private company hired by the government has located the submarine ARA San Juan some 800 meters (2625 feet) below the ocean’s surface a year after it went missing with 44 crew members aboard.

The San Juan had a seven-day supply of air when it last reported its position on Nov. 15, 2017. The crew had been ordered to return to a naval base at Mar del Plata on the country’s east coast, after reporting water had entered the vessel through its snorkel.

Ocean Infinity, a maritime company that can search and map the seabed, was hired by Argentina following the failure of a massive international operation to find the vessel after it went missing in the South Atlantic.

The San Juan was some 430 km (270 miles) off Argentina’s Patagonian coast when it sent its last signal.

The disaster spurred soul-searching over the state of the military in Argentina, which - after a series of financial crises - has one of Latin America’s smallest defence budgets relative to the size of its economy.

[Zarco]

As an argentine this hit hard. The San Juan was not supposed to be at sea, it was recently admitted by authorities of the Defense Ministry.

It was not an accident but negligence caused by years of not investing in defense.

As a side note, Argentina's army has enough supplies for a 2 day campaign ib the event of a local conflict. After that they wouldn't be able to operate.

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