South Atlantic Archives - Ceylon Independent

Following the loss of the submarine, “ARA San Juan” and its 44 crew members in the South Atlantic last month, the head of the Argentine navy has been sacked. The defense minister placed Adm Marcelo Srur in retirement on Friday night, it has emerged. WHAT HAPPENED? The sub went missing on November 15, when ARA San Juan was returning from a routine mission in Ushuaia near the southern-most tip of South America, when the vessel reported an “electrical breakdown”. It has surfaced and has reported the breakdown, which was described by the Naval Commander Gabriel Galeazzi as a “short circuit” in the sub’s batteries. The vessel was then ordered to cut its mission short and return to Mar del Plata naval base immediately. The Argentine navy raised the possibility on November 23, that ...

The Argentine navy raised the possibility on Thursday (November 23) that a navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic suffered an explosion, heightening concerns over the fate of the 44 crew members. According to the Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi, an abnormal sound was detected underwater by an international agency on the morning of November 15, around the time that the ARA San Juan sent its last signal and in the same area, was “consistent with an explosion”. He further states that the Navy did not have enough information to say what the cause of the explosion could have been or whether the vessel might have been attacked. The news of the possible explosion prompted some family members to fear the worst, and many criticized the authorities’ response to the crisis.

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Argentine head of the Navy sacked following the loss of submarine

Relatives of Argentine sub crew react to news of possible explosion heard in area of vessel