Explosion Was Recorded Where Argentine Submarine Went Missing
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Explosion Was Recorded Where Argentine Submarine Went Missing
23, 2017
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina — The Argentine Navy said on Thursday
that a catastrophic explosion was recorded in the area where a submarine went missing on Nov. 15, immediately raising fears that the 44-member crew had perished.
The two reports about an explosion — from the United States Navy
and from the International Atomic Energy Agency — each provided a radius of about 77 miles, and that area is now being searched, Captain Balbi said.
After analyzing the two pieces of information, the Argentine Navy broke the news initially to relatives
and then, minutes later, to journalists assembled at a base in Mar del Plata.
The United States Navy, which is helping with the search, shared the information about the
catastrophic explosion with the Argentines on Wednesday, according to Captain Balbi.
Enrique Balbi, a spokesman for the Argentine Navy, said the international search team would continue to look for the vessel, the San Juan.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, a Vienna-based organization
that monitors seismic activity across the globe for signs of nuclear tests, supplied corroborating information about the explosion, via the Argentine ambassador in Austria, on Thursday morning.
23, 2017
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina — The Argentine Navy said on Thursday
that a catastrophic explosion was recorded in the area where a submarine went missing on Nov. 15, immediately raising fears that the 44-member crew had perished.
The two reports about an explosion — from the United States Navy
and from the International Atomic Energy Agency — each provided a radius of about 77 miles, and that area is now being searched, Captain Balbi said.
After analyzing the two pieces of information, the Argentine Navy broke the news initially to relatives
and then, minutes later, to journalists assembled at a base in Mar del Plata.
The United States Navy, which is helping with the search, shared the information about the
catastrophic explosion with the Argentines on Wednesday, according to Captain Balbi.
Enrique Balbi, a spokesman for the Argentine Navy, said the international search team would continue to look for the vessel, the San Juan.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, a Vienna-based organization
that monitors seismic activity across the globe for signs of nuclear tests, supplied corroborating information about the explosion, via the Argentine ambassador in Austria, on Thursday morning.