Tag: Enrique Balbi ARA

• 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.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentine navy reports three objects registered on sonar search for ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine navy is trying to make a visual inspection of another three objects that registered on a sonar search for remains of the ARA San Juan submarine that vanished 18 days ago with 44 crew members aboard in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine submarine rescue operation is over, but search will continue

  

  Argentina's navy said on Thursday that it is no longer looking for survivors among the 44 sailors aboard the ARA San Juan submarine missing for 15 days, though a multinational operation will continue looking for the vessel.

• 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.

• 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.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2017 - 08:29 UTC

  Missing submarine search returns to the point where the last contacts were made

  

  Ships and planes hunting for the missing Argentine submarine with 44 crew members will return to a previous search area after officials said Wednesday that a noise made a week ago in the South Atlantic could provide a clue to the vessel’s location.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2017 - 07:02 UTC

  Time and oxygen running out for Argentine missing submarine in the South Atlantic

  

  Ships and planes combed a wider area of the stormy South Atlantic on Tuesday in a fruitless hunt for signs of a missing Argentine submarine, adding to growing concerns about the vessel not heard from in six days. Argentine navy officials have worried that if the ARA San Juan was intact but disabled underwater, its crew of 44 might have only enough oxygen to last seven days.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  International operation to rescue Argentine submarine lost in the South Atlantic

  

  The Argentine navy has stepped up its search of the South Atlantic for a submarine with 44 crew on board that remains missing two days after its last communication on Wednesday. ARA San Juan was in the western south Atlantic some 432 kilometers from the Patagonian coast close to the San Jorge Gulf, when it sent its last signal on Wednesday midday, naval spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Friday.