ARGENTINA — The search for an Argentine naval submarine that went missing with 44 crew members is being hampered by bad weather, officials said. <br /><br />The ARA San Juan submarine was returning on a routine mission from the Tierra del Fuego archipelago to its home base in Mar del Plata, CNN reported. <br /><br />The San Juan was originally scheduled to arrive at port on Sunday. It was last spotted Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf. <br /><br />Seven failed satellite calls were detected on Saturday morning, however, the Argentine defense ministry said it could not confirm the attempts came from the ARA San Juan, the Guardian reported.<br /><br />The San Juan is a 65-meter-long TR-1700 submarine, powered by four diesel and one electric engine, the Argentine military said, according to CNN. <br /><br />The Argentine navy says the missing sub has enough oxygen, food and water to last for at least two weeks, the BBC reported.
