The ARA San Juan submarine, which disappeared in November 2017 and was recently located by US company Ocean Infinity, was found deformed and with signs of an explosion, the commander of Argentine naval base in Mar del Plata Gabriel Attis told relatives of the sailors on Saturday.
MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th November, 2018) The ARA San Juan submarine, which disappeared in November 2017 and was recently located by US company Ocean Infinity, was found deformed and with signs of an explosion, the commander of Argentine naval base in Mar del Plata Gabriel Attis told relatives of the sailors on Saturday."[The submarine's hull is] totally deformed, collapsed and imploded ... and remnants scattered within a radius of 70 meters [230 feet]," Attis said, as quoted by the Telam news agency.
The deformation occurred presumably as a result of an explosion directed inward, he said.
However, the hull did not fall apart and no visible holes were found on it, despite the deformation.
He specified that the vessel was discovered at a depth of 907 meters.
The submarine with over 40 crew on board went missing after reporting about a technical malfunction. The search and rescue operation for the submarine involved equipment and personnel from various countries, including Russia.
The Argentinian authorities scrapped the rescue 15 days after the sub stopped communicating but pledged that the search for the vehicle would continue.
