Transcript for Rescue operation underway for missing submarine

The race against time to find that submarine that's missing for days and stormy waters off the coast of Argentina with dozens of crew members on board. Overnight US navy cruiser rushing to join international rescue operation ABC's Lindsay Janice. Is there in Argentina and has the latest for us good morning Lindsey. Good morning Robin what happened to that submarine is a mystery there is concern it is without power. But authorities don't even know if it's at the surface or if it has sunk with oxygen supplies. Running out the search is on it is a race against time. This morning at rescuers battling fierce weather conditions. Desperately searching for the missing submarine and its 44 crew members the Argentine Navy commands at last officially heard from the ARA San Juan. Seen in this video. Five days ago when it was nearly 270. Miles off the coast of Patagonia. Search crews rushing in from at least seven countries. The US navy sending some of the most cutting edge underwater technology. To help. Including equipment they can search at death us thousand feet for just thirty hours and another that can bring six equal to the surface at a time. If this dubbed it runs on both diesel and battery powered electric motors is under water. Without power this time is running out what's the problem here is although the navy is sending its best rescue gear. If you don't know where the submarine is you can't affect that rescue. Winds over forty miles per hour and 26 foot waves hampering search efforts. And this morning the search area has expanded to over 186000. Square miles. That's bigger than the state of California. And is four times larger than the search area for missing Malaysia airline or MH 370. Which disappeared over the Indian Ocean three years ago. And it has been a roller coaster ride for the families of these sailors on Saturday the Argentine eighties and it detected seven missed calls from that missing submarine. This is signals from that they were and they were actually they killed signals. It now says it can even confirm where those came from. Robin oh my goodness and many are hoping that they have enough. Supplies to survive Lindsay. Yet we're told they have enough food and oxygen and water supplies to last about two weeks Robin Lindsay thank you.

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