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| The search for the Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan and its 44 crew members has entered a “critical phase” as the vessel’s probable oxygen reserves reach their seven-day limit, a navy spokesperson said. | The search for the Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan and its 44 crew members has entered a “critical phase” as the vessel’s probable oxygen reserves reach their seven-day limit, a navy spokesperson said. |
| Oxygen reserves under normal conditions for a submerged submarine such as the ARA San Juan would last about a week, depending on the situation inside the submarine, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said. If there had been an oxygen-consuming fire on board, that time would be reduced. | Oxygen reserves under normal conditions for a submerged submarine such as the ARA San Juan would last about a week, depending on the situation inside the submarine, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said. If there had been an oxygen-consuming fire on board, that time would be reduced. |
| The multinational search and rescue effort continued on Wednesday in the south Atlantic Ocean as ships and aircraft look for the missing vessel, which lost radio contact with the navy at 7.30am last Wednesday. | The multinational search and rescue effort continued on Wednesday in the south Atlantic Ocean as ships and aircraft look for the missing vessel, which lost radio contact with the navy at 7.30am last Wednesday. |
| About 30 boats and planes and 4,000 people from Argentina, the US, Britain, Chile and Brazil have joined the search for the submarine, which last transmitted its location about 300 miles (480km) from the coast of Argentina’. | About 30 boats and planes and 4,000 people from Argentina, the US, Britain, Chile and Brazil have joined the search for the submarine, which last transmitted its location about 300 miles (480km) from the coast of Argentina’. |
| Planes have covered 500,000 sq km (190,000 sq miles) of the ocean surface, but much of the area has not yet been scoured by the boats. | Planes have covered 500,000 sq km (190,000 sq miles) of the ocean surface, but much of the area has not yet been scoured by the boats. |
| “We’re considering three scenarios: the submarine is above the surface with its engines running, adrift at sea without propulsion or submerged on the bottom of the ocean,” Balbi told reporters on Wednesday morning. | “We’re considering three scenarios: the submarine is above the surface with its engines running, adrift at sea without propulsion or submerged on the bottom of the ocean,” Balbi told reporters on Wednesday morning. |
| Hopes were raised overnight after a British ship participating in the search spotted flares, but were quickly dashed. | Hopes were raised overnight after a British ship participating in the search spotted flares, but were quickly dashed. |
| “The HMS Protector yesterday saw three flares being fired and three ships were sent to patrol the area overnight,” Balbi said, “but no sonar contact was made and there is nothing to suggest the flares were from the missing submarine.” | |
| Relatives of the missing crew have criticised authorities for deploying the 34-year-old submarine, which was built in Germany in 1983. It was en route from Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, to the coastal city of Mar del Plata, 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, when it reported an electrical malfunction shortly before disappearing last week. | Relatives of the missing crew have criticised authorities for deploying the 34-year-old submarine, which was built in Germany in 1983. It was en route from Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, to the coastal city of Mar del Plata, 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, when it reported an electrical malfunction shortly before disappearing last week. |
| In a video that has gone viral online, Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri, is seen being berated by a female relative of an ARA San Juan crew member during his visit to the Mar del Plata naval base on Monday morning. The submarine had been scheduled to arrive at the base that day. | |
| “It’s practically suicide to send them out in something so old,” a femalerelative is heard telling the president in the video. “Couldn’t youinvest the state budget in trying to buy a new submarine? You’re playing with the lives of our people. Does someone have to die for things to change?” | “It’s practically suicide to send them out in something so old,” a femalerelative is heard telling the president in the video. “Couldn’t youinvest the state budget in trying to buy a new submarine? You’re playing with the lives of our people. Does someone have to die for things to change?” |
| Families are receiving psychological support from naval doctors at the base. | Families are receiving psychological support from naval doctors at the base. |
| “We’re grateful for the support,” María Victoria García, the mother of missing crew member Luis Esteban García, told the TN news station. “I have my sights placed on God and the Virgin Mary asking them to bring him back. I am shouting to the sea to send back my son.” | “We’re grateful for the support,” María Victoria García, the mother of missing crew member Luis Esteban García, told the TN news station. “I have my sights placed on God and the Virgin Mary asking them to bring him back. I am shouting to the sea to send back my son.” |