Submarine: Judge will receive Tuesday the 67,000 photos

Last night, the ship Seabed Constructor arrived in South Africa

The federal judge of

Caleta Olivia

,
Marta Yáñez, will wait Tuesday evening in person, at the international airport of Ezeiza, the arrival of the 67 000 photos of the hydrographic cartography that Ocean Infinity company will send.

That day will arrive on a plane from Qatar Airways, a previous stopover in the city of Doha, the four parents and the three observers of the navy (two submarine officers and a hydrographer), who accompanied for more than two months the research of the

underwater ARA San Juan

aboard the ship Seabed Constructor, which finally docked around midnight in the port of Cape Town, South Africa.

The ship was received by the Argentine government's defense attaché in South Africa, Captain Gonzalo Hernán Prieto, and by the Johannesburg consul, Pablo Graziano.

The 67,000 expected images that will form the photographic and cinematographic archives of the expedition and the Ocean Infinity reports will arrive in Ezeiza in a diplomatic bag, in the hands of Naval Attaché Prieto. The judge considers that valuable parts know the status of the submarine and advance in the investigation into the facts that led to the death of the 44 crew members.

In addition to the photos and specific notes of the discovery, the magistrate will receive all the bathymetry collected through the exploration images of more than 22,000 square kilometers. This requirement was already established in the agreement signed by Ocean Infinity with the Argentine government. "In the contract, which is public, it makes clear that all the information collected is the property of the national state," recalled LA NACION, one of the relatives who was aboard the Norwegian ship.

According to a provision of the federal judge of Caleta Olivia, the company has the obligation to "do justice to all information relating to the research process".

The Navy also reported that there was a communication protocol regarding access to images to preserve the confidentiality of information. "The families asked for a total reservation regarding the images that could appear, beyond the three images already published, which was positive proof of positive identification," the Navy statement said.

The four members of the ARA San Juan crew family who have traveled as observers in Seabed Constructor are Silvina Krawczyk (the sister of Lt. Eliana Krawczyk, the first underwater woman José Luis Castillo (the brother of Master Corporal Enrique Castillo), Luis Tagliapietra (father of Lieutenant Commander Alejandro Tagliapietra and plaintiff in the case) and Fernando Arjona (brother of Corporal Ramiro Arjona).

All had to undergo various tests and medical examinations to obtain the physical skills required to participate in the expedition.