MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
It's official: ARA San Juan has been found 800 meters deep; next challenge: can she be lifted?
The Argentine Navy confirmed early Saturday morning that the missing ARA San Juan submarine which disappeared in the South Atlantic on 15 November a year ago, with a crew of 44, has been found. The discovery was also announced by the Argentine Defense ministry and the United States company, Ocean Infinity, leading the search for the vessel, and it happens exactly one year and one day after all contact was lost with the vessel sailing from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to its base in Mar del Plata. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHopefully this will mean some closure for the relatives. Difficult lift from that depth.
Nov 17th, 2018 - 11:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0What is the brownish stuff on the waterline of the bow of the sub? If it is seaweed or shell life, it confirms that maintenance was bad and the sub unfit for sea duty..
Nov 17th, 2018 - 01:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If the lifting would be difficult that almost certainly means very expensive. Wouldn't it be kindest to declare the site a grave and on the nearest shore establish some kind of memorial to give people a point to which they can go to pay their respects to those who died in this tragedy?
Nov 17th, 2018 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina has formally confirmed that there will be no recovery of the submarine. The criminal coverup will succeed and the b*stards responsible will go unpunished.
Nov 18th, 2018 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0viejopatagon - the “brownish stuff” is a fat hessian rope that essentially acts as a bumper in the dock.
Nov 19th, 2018 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse +1I heard a sad and remarkable story about the female crew member's dog. Apparently it went to the dock every day to wait for her return but when they announced that the sub's wreck had been found the dog died! A remarkable coincidence.
Nov 19th, 2018 - 06:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sometimes, I honestly don't understand certain people that, due to their “sea man” condition, must be aware of the “almost” impossible task of bringing the ARA San Juan remains back to the surface. It is at 907 meters deep so, a rescue must be done at 91/92 atm of pressure, extremely salty water and poor visibility to lift 2.200 tons of steel, and acid contaminated, water. Something like this has never been done before....The russian Kursk was at 100 meters and they wanted to save strategic secrets.
Nov 20th, 2018 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@Chicureo
Nov 21st, 2018 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Tell us more about the criminal part of the incident. I've heard all sort of crazy things. One of them about the ARA San Juan doing commercial intelligence. Did you hear anything about that?
“I heard a sad and remarkable story about the female crew member's dog. Apparently it went to the dock every day to wait for her return but when they announced that the sub's wreck had been found the dog died! A remarkable coincidence.”
Nov 21st, 2018 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Remarkable indeed. I now believe that this story isn't true.
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