Tag: Argentine Navy

• Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentine icebreaker rescues US scientists stranded in an ice island

  

  A group of US scientists who were stranded in an ice-bound island off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula were rescued on Sunday by an Argentine icebreaker, US and Argentine authorities announced Monday.

• Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  ARA San Juan: Russia's Yantar expected to return to surveying next week

  

  The Russian Navy’s ocean survey vessel Yantar had to leave the search area for Argentina’s San Juan submarine, but is expected to return on December 19, Argentine Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 06:13 UTC

  Argentine navy reveals water entered the submarine's snorkel causing battery short circuit

  

  Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to short-circuit before it went missing November 15, a navy spokesman said on Monday as hope dwindled among some families of the 44-member crew.

• Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 23:13 UTC

  Russian naval specialists arrive in Ushuaia to help with missing submarine search

  

  An Antonov-124 Ruslan airlifter has flown a team of Russian naval specialists to Argentina where they will join the efforts to rescue the distressed submarine, ARA San Juan missing since November 15. Argentine channel Todo Noticias aired the footage of the jet’s landing.

• Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Macri promises the truth about what happened with the missing submarine

  

  President Mauricio Macri on Friday ordered an inquiry to ‘know the truth’ about what happened to Argentina's missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared with the loss of its 44 crew. The 34-year-old submarine had gone through a refit and was ‘in perfect condition,’ Macri told reporters at the Argentine navy headquarters.

• Friday, November 24th 2017 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentine submarine crew families have been told their loved ones “are all dead”

  

  Families of crew lost in the Argentine ARA San Juan submarine have been told their loved ones “are all dead” after an explosion on the day the vessel disappeared, according to reports. Family members claimed on Thursday they had already received phone calls from Navy officials telling them the entire crew had perished in a blast, believed to have taken place between 180m and 900m below the surface.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  US Navy sending deep-sea rescue equipment to assist in search for ARA San Juan

  

  The United States Navy has sent rescue equipment and crew to assist in the search for a missing Argentine Navy submarine and its 44 crew members. The San Diego based Undersea Rescue Command (URC) departed from Miramar Saturday with a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and four aircraft, en route to the Southern Atlantic, where the submarine A.R.A. San Juan lost contact with the Argentine Navy on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:03 UTC

  Argentine public opinion captivated by the dramatic search for the lost submarine

  

  The dramatic search for the missing Argentine submarine in the South Atlantic has captivated the nation of 44 million, which recently mourned the loss of five citizens killed when a terrorist truck driver plowed through a bicycle path in New York City.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 18:36 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Protector joins the search for the missing Argentine submarine

  

  The Royal Navy has deployed ice patrol ship HMS Protector to help search for an Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic with 44 people on board. Contact with the Argentine military sub ARA San Juan was lost three days ago, Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine navy and air force dispute operation of the five refurbished Super Etendard

  

  The purchase by Argentina of five refurbished French Super Etendard to help with security measures when Argentina hosts the 2018 G20 summit, which will bring together the world's top leaders, has triggered a dispute among the country's services since the current defense minister, Oscar Aguad wants to concentrate all military aircraft in the Air Force.