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Associated Press

A “hydro-acoustic anomaly” was detected near where the Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan went missing, three hours after it sent its last communications a week ago, the navy revealed on Wednesday.
The anomaly occurred at 30 nautical miles north of the last position from where the submarine had communicated with the navy, spokesman Enrique Balbi said.
A US institute detected the anomaly, but only informed Argentina about it now.
Balbi had earlier said it was unlikely the submarine exploded, because an explosion of that magnitude in the sea would not have gone undetected.
Hope fades for missing Argentine submarine
The spokesman said three navy vessels were on their way to the area to check whether the submarine was there.
Hopes of rescuing the vessel’s 44 crew before its week’s supply of oxygen runs out have been repeatedly raised and dashed by false alarms triggered by undersea noises, a lifeboat and flare rockets, all initially thought to have come from the submarine.
“It’s a noise. We don’t want to speculate” about what caused it, Balbi said of the anomaly.
Family members of the crew meanwhile criticised the rescue effort.
“We are really amazed that they are not finding it, it is impossible at this stage that they don’t know where it is,” Claudio Rodriguez, brother of one of the crew members, said.
“How can you lose a 60-metres long navy vessel, even if it is under water?” Rodriguez told radio Cielo.
The navy has been accused of initially delaying the search because of administrative procedures and slow communication with the government.
“I feel a lot of pain because of the decisions that were taken,” said Elena Alfaro, sister of a crew member.
Local media reported late Tuesday that a metal object at a depth of 800 metres in the southern Atlantic had been detected along the submarine’s planned route.
But thorough examination of the area showed no signs of the ARA San Juan, which last made contact with its naval base on November 15 to give word of a battery glitch.
The crew was then ordered to take the shortest route to its home port of Mar del Plata, 400km south of Buenos Aires, Captain Gabriel Galeazzi, another navy spokesman, said.
Nearly 4,000 people from 10 countries are combing the sea with vessels and aircraft.
Weather conditions were expected to deteriorate, making the search more difficult.
The repeated false alarms have rattled nerves among distraught family members. Some have begun to complain that the Argentine navy responded too late.
“They took two days to accept help because they minimized the situation,” said Federico Ibanez, the brother of submarine crew member Cristian Ibanez.
“I feel like authorities let too much time pass by and decisions were taken late,” Ibanez’s sister, Elena Alfaro, said outside the base. “And yet, I still carry some hope.”
Additional reporting by Associated Press


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‘Hydro-acoustic anomaly’ raises possibility that missing Argentine submarine exploded

An Argentine Navy airplane is seen as it flies over the Atlantic Ocean during the search for the ARA San Juan submarine on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

(171118) -- BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 18, 2017 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Nov. 23, 2010 shows the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan. An Argentinean submarine has lost contact in the South Atlantic with 44 crew on board, military authorities said on Nov. 17, 2017. The ARA San Juan was carrying out a surveillance mission in Argentina's exclusive economic zone near Puerto Madryn, around 1,400 km south of Buenos Aires. (Xinhua/TELAM/Argentinean Army/Juan Sebastian Lobos)

People walk behind an Argentine national flag displayed on a fence, in support of the 44 crew members of the ARA San Juan submarine who are missing at sea, at an Argentine naval base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, November 22, 2017. The words on the flag read: "ARA San Juan, be strong". REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

An Argentine Navy airplane is seen as it flies over the Atlantic Ocean during the search for the ARA San Juan submarine missing at sea, Argentina November 22, 2017. Argentine Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Argentina says satellite calls detected, likely from missing submarine with 44 crew

The Argentine submarine ARA San Juan. which has gone missing. File photo: Xinhua

Undated and unlocated handout picture released by Argentina's Navy showing Argentine submarinist Eliana Krawczyk onboard the Argentine ARA Salta submarine. Argentina's navy is hunting for one of its submarines which has been reported missing in the South Atlantic with a crew of 44 on board. Krawczyk, who became the first South American submariner and is aboard the missing San Juan submersible, dreamt of being an industrial engineer but a family tragedy led her to give a rudder to her life. / AFP PHOTO / ARGENTINE NAVY / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ARGENTINE NAVY / HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

In this Sept. 7, 2011 photo provided by Britain's Ministry of Defense, Royal Navy Antarctic Patrol Vessel HMS Protector is pictured near Plymouth. Argentina's Navy said Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, it was ramping up the search for a submarine that hadn't been heard from in three days, and at least six other nations said they would join in the effort. HMS Protector is expected to arrive at the area of ​​operations according to Enrique Balbi, Argentina Navy spokesman. (Britain's Ministry of Defense via AP)

A crew member of the Argentine military submarine ARA San Juan stands on the vessel at the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina June 2, 2014. Picture taken on June 2, 2014. Armada Argentina/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Argentine submarine goes missing with 44 crew on board

An ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric vessel, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: AP

Photo released on November 17, 2017 by Telam showing the A.R.A. San Juan submarine being delivered to the Argentine Navy after being repaired at the Argentine Naval Industrial Complex (CINAR) in Buenos Aires, on May 23, 2014. The Argentine submarine is missing in Argentine waters after it lost communication more than 48 hours ago. / AFP PHOTO / TELAM / ALEJANDRO MORTIZ / Argentina OUT

ARA Salta (S-31), a Type 209 diesel-electric attack submarine in active service with the Argentine Navy. Photo: Mart’n Otero

File picture released by Telam showing submarines ARA San Juan, ARA Salta and ARA Santa Cruz upon arrival to Mar del Plata's Navy Base on June 13, 2014. The Argentine submarine is still missing in Argentine waters on November 17, 2017, after it lost communication more than 48 hours ago. / AFP PHOTO / TELAM / ARGENTINA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY / Argentina OUT

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