Argentina's Navy has detected seven brief satellite calls that officials believe may have come from a missing submarine with 44 crew members on board. Argentina's Navy has detected seven brief satellite calls that officials believe may have come from a missing submarine with 44 crew members on board. Authorities last had contact with the German-built diesel-electric sub on Wednesday as it was on a voyage from the extreme southern port of Ushuaia to Mar del Plata. Admiral Gabriel Gonzalez, chief of the Mar del Plata Naval Base, said authorities have reinforced both the surface search for the missing submarine and the underwater search. Relatives of the crew members gathered at the Mar del Plata Naval Base in the hopes of hearing news about their loved ones.

Source: Irish Independent November 19, 2017 03:22 UTC