The U.S. Navy and NASA are assisting in an international effort to track down an Argentine navy submarine with 44 crew members that has been missing for several days.
The lost vessel, the ARA San Juan, has been out of radio contact since Wednesday somewhere around the southern tip of South America in the Atlantic Ocean. However, late Saturday, the Argentine defense ministry said it detected several failed “satellite calls,” likely from the missing submarine, providing some hope that it would soon be found.
The Navy said Saturday that it was deploying its San Diego-based Undersea Rescue and crew to the area, comprised of independent rescue assets due to arrive on Sunday. This follows the arrival of two Navy aircraft that were sent Saturday to assist with in the search — a Navy P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft and a NASA P-3 research aircraft.
BREAKING @USNavy deploys Undersea Rescue Command (URC) to support search for Argentinean Navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan. URC is sending Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) & Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), then Pressurized Rescue Module (US Navy file footage)https://t.co/ZAtomgSs4G pic.twitter.com/i1xkKKV0Vj
— US Southern Command (@southcomwatch) November 18, 2017
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