One day after the first anniversary of its disappearance on November 15, 2017, the missing ARA San Juan submarine has been found.
The stunning news, which has been confirmed by the Defence Ministry, the Navy and the US firm leading the search for the vessel, arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning.
On Thursday, Ocean Infinity – the North American company that was set to suspend its search just 48 hours ago – confirmed that an object, approximately 60 metres long, had been discovered at a depth of 800 metres.
After heading to the site with its vessel, Seabed Constructor, to investigate, the company says it positively identified the object as the ARA San Juan. The Defence Ministry and the Navy confirmed the news via Twitter.
"The #MinisterioDeDefensa and the #ArmadaArgentina report that on this day, having investigated the point of interest No. 24 reported by Ocean Infinity, through observation made with a ROV at 800 metres deep, the #AraSanJuan has been positively identified," a post read.
The family members were notified before the news was made public.
Navy, Defence Ministry confirm ARA San Juan submarine has been f..
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Fuck, man. After a whole year.
I really fucking hope they had a quick death.
I doubt it, although I don't think it would would compare with how the victims of the Kursk died.
They did. It's at 800 metres which is way beyond crush/implosion depth. And the picture in the OP seems to show a debris field instead of a whole sub.
How long could you hypothetically survive
The sub had a test depth of 300 metres, while imploding beyond 400 metres. It would be an instant death in a fraction of a second. The sound of the implosion was registered by seismic listening posts.
Assuming they magically got to 800 metres without turning into a depth charge, they'd only have had air for 7 days.
They probably won't ever figure out what went wrong unless there is some kind of black box for subs but it just shows that no matter how advanced we get there's always the chance of complete failure involved.
Navy just released pictures of the wreckage:
https://i.imgur.com/A5CbDhT.png
https://i.imgur.com/zy24ahw.png
https://i.imgur.com/Brhydh1.png
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