Searchers find Argentine submarine after year-long hunt
Sadness and relief as vessel is found on seabed after many gave up hope
Argentina’s navy says it has found on the seabed a military submarine that went missing almost a year ago with 44 crew members aboard. The navy said on Saturday that the ARA San Juan was located 480km off the coast of Argentina at a depth of 907m in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Officials said the submarine appears to be in one piece, but some of its parts have imploded under the pressure of the water. The discovery caused mixed emotions in Argentina, where sadness over confirmation of the crew’s fate was met with relief that the submarine was found after many people had given up hope following a yearlong search. Many family members of the crew received the news together as they had gathered a few days earlier to mark the first anniversary of the submarine’s disappearance. On Saturday, some clutched Argentine flags on which they had written the names of their relatives and messages reading “I love you”. “I’m angry, sad to know that they are dead,” Luis Niz, the father of a crew membe...
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