Missing Argentine Submarine

Toroid

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An Argentinian submarine is missing and there's an international effort to locate it. They know that a fire aboard knocked out their communications.
Search stepped up for missing submarine
President Mauricio Macri said all national and international resources were being deployed to help find the San Juan as quickly as possible.

A Nasa research plane has joined the search for the vessel.

Britain and countries in the region have offered help after it disappeared 430km (267 miles) off the coast.

"We have not been able to find, or have visual or radar communication with the submarine," navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told a news conference.
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nivek

nivek

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I didn't know Argentina had submarines, how odd...
 
Castle-Yankee54

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If its not on the surface somewhere the crew is likely to be dead....hope they find it drifting.

But then at 34 years old it could have suffered structural failure and ended up on eternal patrol.
 
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Satellite calls from the San Juan detected.
Argentina detects satellite signals from missing submarine | Daily Mail Online
  • Seven failed 'satellite calls' from ARA San Juan detected Saturday in Argentina
  • Submarine last contacted on Wednesday, 250 miles off the coast of Patagonia
  • Massive search effort underway as high winds and waves lash the South Atlantic
  • Sub was travelling from naval base at Ushuaia to another south of Buenos Aires
  • The US Navy has sent one of its high-tech surveillance aircraft to scan the area

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5096909/Argentina-detects-satellite-signals-missing-submarine.html#ixzz4ytQpP0mh
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Fen Star

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Surprised the Royal Navy doesn't know where they are, but they were a long way from the Falklands, so I doubt the Royal Navy Sub that patrols that area was tracking it, hope they find them safe, but it doesn't look good...
 
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Two ships picked up noises on sonar and it could be coming from the missing sub. It sounded like tools being struck against a hull.
Missing Argentina sub reported breakdown in its final call | Daily Mail Online
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nivek

nivek

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Castle-Yankee54 said:
What a bunch of bumbling fools.....hope some of them are left alive. But the batteries are limited and running out so if they are found soon they'll only be recovering bodies.
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Why are they fools?...We don't know what happened to them yet?...We don't know if they're alive or dead...The noises could be someone on the submarine trying to get help...
 
Castle-Yankee54

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nivek said:
Why are they fools?...We don't know what happened to them yet?...We don't know if they're alive or dead...The noises could be someone on the submarine trying to get help...
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They got a radio signal saying the sub was in trouble......and they don't know where it is?

Yes there might be some left alive......but had they done one simple thing this wouldn't be an issue. Like I said their time is short if the sub is submerged as the battery is running out.....but based on the new report I highly doubt this will be anything but a recovery mission.
 
3FEL9

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Castle-Yankee54 said:
They got a radio signal saying the sub was in trouble......and they don't know where it is?

Yes there might be some left alive......but had they done one simple thing this wouldn't be an issue. Like I said their time is short if the sub is submerged as the battery is running out.....but based on the new report I highly doubt this will be anything but a recovery mission.
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Some broken incomplete satellite messages, from what I've read..

When things go south in a sub, it happens fast..
 
August

August

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Castle-Yankee54 said:
Diesel electric subs have 3 days of battery power submerged......and even if they can extend it they can't filter out the co2 buildup. But that's assuming the sub is bottomed out above its crush depth.
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That info I listed about 2 days of air was from the Argentinian Navy updates on the submarine and 44 crew members.
 
August

August

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The Argentine Navy just stated that the sonar noise they have been picking up is not from their missing submarine.
 
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The sub may have been located at a depth of 230 feet.
Missing Argentine submarine 'is located by US Navy' | Daily Mail Online
  • Search for missing Argentine submarine intensifies as the crew said to run out of oxygen today
  • US Navy aircraft reportedly detected a 'heat stain from a metallic object' at a depth of about 230ft
  • Separately, a rescue vessel allegedly reported hearing an infrasound sonar signal late Tuesday night
  • Sub with 44 crew went missing last Wednesday while sailing from Ushuaia to naval base in Mar del Plata
  • They sailed on Monday, communication was lost on Wednesday, and search is now involving several nations
  • An Argentine Navy spokesman warned yesterday that the crew only have oxygen until Wednesday morning

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5106689/Missing-Argentine-submarine-located-Navy.html#ixzz4zASD43to
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