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Argentine Submarine ARA San Juan reportedly found

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Above indicates where ARA San Juan was apparently found (Map courtesy UK The Sun newspaper, November 17, 2018)
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In the last 3 hours is has been reported in the international media that Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, lost for a year, has been found, in deep water.

Associated Press via The Washington Post and other newspapers reports November 17 2018:

“BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s navy announced early Saturday [November 17, 2018] that searchers found the missing submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard.

The vessel was detected 800 meters (2,625 feet) deep in waters off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine Patagonia [see map above], the statement said.

The navy said a “positive identification” had been made by a remote-operated submersible from the American ship Ocean Infinity, which was hired for the latest search for the missing vessel..."
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