Argentina’s navy on Thursday formally ended its search for survivors from the San Juan submarine, two weeks after the vessel went missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew aboard. A senior Argentine navy officer was more blunt, saying that there was now no expectation of survivors. In addition to the loss of life, “half of Argentina’s submarine capacity was lost,” the officer said. Among the ARA San Juan’s crew was Argentina’s first female navy submariner: Eliana Krawczyk, 35. Argentine President Mauricio Macri last week ordered an inquiry into the missing submarine, saying it requires “a serious, in-depth investigation that will yield certainty about what has happened.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2017 05:37 UTC