Explosion Likely Killed Crew on Missing Argentine Submarine, Defense Minister Says

A relative of a missing Argentine submarine crew member is pictured outside Argentina's Navy base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on Nov. 24. EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images

Argentina’s defense minister says that an explosion likely killed the 44 crew members of a submarine that went missing last month in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Defense Minister Oscar Aguad said that international nuclear agencies detected what appeared to be an explosion near where the submarine, the ARA San Juan, last went missing, CNN reported.