Daily Mail/AP: Argentine Navy abandons rescue mission for missing submarine as it says there is no hope of finding any of the 44 crew alive
* ARA San Juan went missing with 44 crew members on board on November 15
* Navy called a halt to rescue efforts on Thursday, saying all hope for crew is gone
* Craft will continue searching for submarine, but are now only looking for a wreck
* Emotions ran high among loved ones of missing as the announcement was made
The search for a missing submarine is no longer a rescue mission as there is no hope of finding any of the crew alive, the Argentine Navy has said.
Captain Enrique Babi said on Thursday that he was ending rescue efforts for the 44 missing crew of ARA San Juan more than two weeks after it vanished.
Search efforts will continue, he said, but are now solely focused on recovering the wreck of the vessel from somewhere on the sea bed.
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