Explosion Was Recorded Where Argentine Submarine Went Missing<br />23, 2017<br />MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina — The Argentine Navy said on Thursday<br />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.<br />The two reports about an explosion — from the United States Navy<br />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.<br />After analyzing the two pieces of information, the Argentine Navy broke the news initially to relatives<br />and then, minutes later, to journalists assembled at a base in Mar del Plata.<br />The United States Navy, which is helping with the search, shared the information about the<br />catastrophic explosion with the Argentines on Wednesday, according to Captain Balbi.<br />Enrique Balbi, a spokesman for the Argentine Navy, said the international search team would continue to look for the vessel, the San Juan.<br />The International Atomic Energy Agency, a Vienna-based organization<br />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.
