Tag: ARA San Juan ventilation valve 'Eco-19

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:40 UTC

  Current, former Argentine Defense Ministers exchange accusations in Congress over ARA San Juan

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Oscar Aguad Tuesday said the causes of the ARA San Juan submarine's fate are closer to become known, but he pointed a finger at faulty maintenance between 2008 and 2015 under President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK).

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  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.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 07:26 UTC

  New hypothesis on the tragedy that befell Argentina's sub ARA San Juan

  

  An “operation error” related to a ventilation valve, called 'Eco-19,' could explain the mystery of the tragedy that befell the ARA San Juan, the Argentine submarine that disappeared almost a year ago with 44-crew members on board. The new details emerged in a report currently being prepared by a commission of experts based inside the Argentine Defense Ministry.