Argentina Says Signals Detected, Likely From Missing Submarine

Argentina Says Signals Detected, Likely From Missing Submarine
An Argentine Coast Guard ship is seen at at the naval base where the missing at sea ARA San Juan submarine sailed from, in Mar del Plata, Argentina November 18, 2017. Reuters/Marcos Brindicci
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MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES—Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be alive rose when the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as a search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic.

The ministry said seven failed “satellite calls” that it believes came from the ARA San Juan submarine were detected