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Families of lost Argentina submarine crew decry government response

By Jorge Otaola

 

FILE PHOTO - A bouquet of flowers and banners in support of the 44 crew members of the missing at sea ARA San Juan submarine are placed on a fence outside an Argentine naval base in Mar del Plata, Argentina November 25, 2017. The banner below reads "God, give strenght to the submariners". REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Dozens of relatives of the 44 crew members of an Argentine submarine that went missing on November 15 marched from a naval base on Sunday, demanding to know what happened and criticising the government's response to the tragedy.

 

Holding posters with photos of the crew and chanting "Search and Rescue!" the family members walked away from a naval base in Mar del Plata, following a press conference during which the navy said the submarine had still not been located.

 

The disaster has spurred soul searching over the state of the military in Argentina, which now has one of Latin America's smallest defence budgets in relation to economic size after a series of financial crises.

 

"Our disagreement is with the government, not with the navy," said Marcela Moyano, wife of crew member Hernán Rodríguez, during the protest. "Whoever is responsible needs to be held responsible."

 

Spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Thursday the navy had abandoned hope of rescuing the crew alive, noting the ARA San Juan had air supplies for a week while 15 days had passed since it last reported its position.

 

Some family members complained they were not advised before the general public of the end of the rescue mission and have also demanded more contact with President Mauricio Macri in Mar del Plata, where the San Juan was scheduled to end its journey.

 

While local media have speculated Macri will soon declare a period of national mourning for the submarine crew, he has been silent in recent days.

 

"He (Macri) needs to be here because this is the priority, there are 44 families behind this situation and someone has to be in charge," said Marcela Fernández, wife of Alberto Sánchez.

 

Macri's defence minister met with families in Mar del Plata on Friday.

 

Balbi said on Saturday an object that was being reviewed by a Russian unmanned remotely operated vehicle in the South Atlantic had turned out not to be the submarine. The government has pledged to continue the search with foreign assistance.

 

The navy said on Nov. 27 that water that entered the submarine's snorkel caused its battery to short-circuit before it went missing. The navy had previously said international organizations detected a noise that could have been the submarine's implosion the same day contact was lost.

 

(Reporting by Jorge Otaola and Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Mary Milliken)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-12-04

[nausea]

Reminds me of MH370.

[connda]

They are not the first country to lose a sub.  Things happen. When things go wrong on a sub, there isn't a lot anyone can do.  That's sort of an inherent danger.  

[MyFriend You]

8 hours ago, connda said:

They are not the first country to lose a sub.  Things happen. When things go wrong on a sub, there isn't a lot anyone can do.  That's sort of an inherent danger.  

This is why our sailors get submarine pay, it is an additional hazardous duty pay, if the Argentinians got that, did the families complain??  I doubt it.  Seeing the area it could have been lost, the depth is at least 25 kilometers, little or nothing could have been done to save the crew.

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

This is why our sailors get submarine pay, it is an additional hazardous duty pay, if the Argentinians got that, did the families complain??  I doubt it.  Seeing the area it could have been lost, the depth is at least 25 kilometers, little or nothing could have been done to save the crew.

Deepest part of all the oceans is around 10 k not 25 k.

However if they reckon it may have imploded it would be a very quick ending.

I think better than slow suffocation.

I don't get this 'someone must be responsible' thing.

Sub's work in very naturally hostile areas ( deep water - high pressure ) and they are machines that can go wrong, like any machine.

[baboon]

May their souls rest in peace and their families find the closure they need.

[MyFriend You]

15 hours ago, overherebc said:

Deepest part of all the oceans is around 10 k not 25 k.

However if they reckon it may have imploded it would be a very quick ending.

I think better than slow suffocation.

I don't get this 'someone must be responsible' thing.

Sub's work in very naturally hostile areas ( deep water - high pressure ) and they are machines that can go wrong, like any machine.

Sorry, had to check and you're right, Marianas Trench is only 11,800 meters deep, deepest part of the oceans, the other deepest places  are between 7 & 10,000.  Spent a year in Iraq with two career US Navy 'bubble heads' , the sea stories they can tell. Especially about people freaking out on a Sub, can happen anytime to even the most seasoned sailor.

Edited December 5, 2017 by TunnelRat69