Now it is "Critical Phase" for the Lost Argentine Submarine

The search for the Argentine military submarine lost in the South Atlantic continued for a week and reached a "critical phase". The reason is that the 44-member crew on board may already experience oxygen deficiency, said Enrique Balbi, a spokeswoman for the US Navy, quoted by the agencies.

Dozens of planes and ships from 12 countries search for "San Juan", while sailors' relatives are waiting for news and the attention of the whole country is absorbed by the worry about the fate of the submarine and its crew. If the submarine built more than 30 years ago in Germany sunken or for some reason unable to surface, after giving the last signal on November 15, it would already have to run out of the last 7-day oxygen supply. So far, nothing has been found to indicate where and what happened to San Juan, "the spokesman said.

The vessel is probably lying on the ocean floor due to failure of the upward mechanism, or it is not activated by a crew member, said naval expert Fernando Morales. "If the captain holds the vessel on the bottom because he thinks it's more reasonable, that's one thing, but in the given situation we have to think that if he's at the bottom, it's because he could not get out" said Morales. Speaking to reporters in Buenos Aires last night, spokesman Balbi revealed that unusual noise was recorded last week on the day the submarine disappeared 30 miles from its last registered location. He uses the term "acoustic anomaly", which was found to be the result of a query made by the United States in various agencies "specializing in collecting information on hydroacoustic phenomena around the world."

The spokesman noted that after receiving this information, "a complete analysis that required time" was carried out. The information was filed...