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Argentine submarine found after it went missing with 44 aboard one year ago: navy

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Missing Argentine submarine located after year-long search
WATCH: An Argentine submarine has been located a year after it was reported missing with 44 crew members on board – Nov 17, 2018

The Argentine Navy said on Saturday a private company hired by the government has located the submarine ARA San Juan some 800 meters (2625 feet) below the ocean’s surface a year after it went missing with 44 crew members aboard.

The San Juan had a seven-day supply of air when it last reported its position on Nov. 15, 2017. The crew had been ordered to return to a naval base at Mar del Plata on the country’s east coast, after reporting water had entered the vessel through its snorkel.

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Ocean Infinity, a maritime company that can search and map the seabed, was hired by Argentina following the failure of a massive international operation to find the vessel after it went missing in the South Atlantic.

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The San Juan was some 430 km (270 miles) off Argentina’s Patagonian coast when it sent its last signal.

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The disaster spurred soul-searching over the state of the military in Argentina, which – after a series of financial crises – has one of Latin America’s smallest defense budgets relative to the size of its economy.

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