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Argentina missing navy submarine: Search stepped up
[BBC] The Argentine navy is stepping up its search in the South Atlantic for a 44-crew submarine that has been out of radio contact for three days.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. The diesel-electric submarine was returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southern-most tip of South America, to its base at Mar del Plata, south of Buenos Aires. Its last contact with the navy command was on Wednesday morning. Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-19 |
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