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Families fought for their loved ones to be found
The wreck of a disappeared submarine with 44 crew members aboard a year ago was found, announced the Argentine Navy.
On November 15, 2017, the ARA San Juan submarine disappeared 430 km off the coast of Argentina.
The navy ended its rescue mission two weeks after the submarine's disappearance.
However, a year and a day after his disappearance, officials announced that he had been found 800 meters deep in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Who are the teammates of the Argentine submarine gone?
According to a tweet from the Argentine Navy, the ARA San Juan had been clearly identified under water by an American company.
The Navy had previously released a photo of the seabed, suggesting that an object 60 m long would be the missing submarine.
Families gathered to remember their loved ones earlier this week, while President Mauricio Macri had promised to continue the search for ARA San Juan.
What happened to the submarine?
The ARA San Juan was returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southernmost tip of South America, when she reported a "power outage." ".
According to Navy Commander Gabriel Galeazzi, the submarine would have surfaced and reported what was described as a "short circuit" in the ship's batteries.
The submarine was ordered to cut off its mission and return immediately to the Mar del Plata naval base.
On November 15, the last contact of the Argentine Navy with the ship took place around 7:30 am (10:30 GMT). His captain would then have confirmed that the crew was doing well.
- What happens when a submarine disappears?
Eight days after the demise of the submarine, the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization announced that it had detected a noise within hours of its last contact.
The body, which operates a network of listening stations to monitor nuclear explosions, said there had been a "hydroacoustic anomaly" about 30 nautical miles (60 km) north of the last position known submarine at 10:31 am (1:31 pm). GMT).
The Argentine Navy said that this could have been the sound of the submarine's implosion.
Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters last year that water had entered the submarine's snorkel, which can be used to suck in air above the surface when the submarine is submerged.
The salt water sank on a battery tray in the bow, causing a short circuit and slow combustion of the battery, he said. The submarine had reported the fault and had been ordered to return to base but had subsequently disappeared.
