BREAKING: Missing Argentine Submarine Found

BREAKING: Missing Argentine Submarine Found
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17 November 2018
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On Thursday, Argentina remembered the crew members from the ARA San Juan submarine, one year later.

SoThe Argentine navy has announced that the missing ARA San Juan submarine has been located deep in the Atlantic, one year after the vessel disappeared.

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Early Saturday the navy said the vessel was detected 800 meters below waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia. The submarine has been missing for one year.

The submarine, which disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard, was found by a remote-operated submersible from the American ship Ocean Infinity and is a "positive identification."

Argentine ARA San Juan submarine crew. Photo: Ezequiel Salas

South African Seabed Constructor vessel from Ocean Infinity found the lost submarine.

The vessel was discovered just two days after families of the missing sailors held a commemoration one year after the sub disappeared, on Nov. 15, 2017.

On Thursday, Argentina remembered the crew members from the ARA San Juan submarine. Relatives of the crewmen had expressed disappointment with President Mauricio Macri's Administration, indicating that they were still awaiting some concrete answers about the fate of their loved ones.

The #MinisterioDeDefensa and #ArmadaArgentina inform that on the day of the date, having investigated the point of interest No. 24 reported by Ocean Infinity, through the observation made with an ROV at 800 meters deep, positive identification has been given to # AraSanJuan

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