Argentina's navy has announced that it is no longer looking for survivors on the submarine that disappeared more than two weeks ago but will continue to search for the missing ARA San Juan."More than double the number of days have passed where it would have been possible to rescue the crew," navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told a news conference Thursday, according to Reuters. "We will continue the search ... there will not be people saved."The navy said that the search and rescue mission had involved 28 ships, nine aircraft, 4,000 people and support from 18 countries. "Despite the magnitude of these efforts, it has not been possible to locate the submarine," the navy said in its statement.The crew of the ARA San Juan included 43 men and one woman when communications were lost, the newspaper Clarín reports.Luis Tagliapietra, the father of one of the missing submariners, told cable channel TN that he was "destroyed" by the announcement. He said he had found out on television that the navy had moved on from its rescue phase."It is cruel," Tagliapietra told the broadcaster. "I do not understand it. It is blow after blow. It's another lie. They promised us that they would look for them until they find them."The vessel set off from the Argentine city of Ushuaia on Nov. 13 and lost radio contact with the naval base in Mar del Plata on Nov. 15. Last week, the navy said that an explosion occurred near the San Juan's last known location.The Associated Press reports: