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Argentine sub in 2017 implosion was seaworthy, trial told

Argentine sub in 2017 implosion was seaworthy, trial told

The Argentine naval submarine that imploded in 2017, killing 44 sailors, was seaworthy, the highest-ranking of four former officers said Wednesday on the second day of their trial. "The charges are unjust, they are false, and I am innocent," Claudio Villamide, commander of the submarine force at

2017 implosion of Argentine submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

2017 implosion of Argentine submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

The submarine implosion that killed 44 Argentine sailors in November 2017, the country's worst naval disaster since the Falklands War, was "foreseeable," prosecutors argued as the trial over the disaster got underway Tuesday. The sinking of the ARA San Juan, in circumstances that remain unclear, was