Mar Del Plata — An Argentinian military submarine reported a malfunction and was headed back to base when it went missing last week in the South Atlantic, a naval spokesman said on Monday, while storms complicated efforts to find the vessel and its 44-member crew. Hopes for a successful search for the ARA San Juan submarine, which went missing last Wednesday off the Argentinian coast, waned on Monday when the navy said satellite calls detected over the weekend did not come from the vessel. More than a dozen boats and aircraft from Argentina, the US, Britain, Chile and Brazil joined the search effort. Authorities have mainly been scanning the sea from above, as storms have made it difficult for boats. Gabriel Galeazzi, a naval commander, said that the submarine had surfaced and reported an electrical problem before it disappeared 432km off the coast. "The submarine surfaced and reported a malfunction, which is why its ground command ordered it to return to its naval base at Mar del P...
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