China News / Chinese submarine stuck in its own net, 55 Chinese sailors feared dead

China's nuclear submarine itself got trapped in the net that China had laid for foreign ships in the Yellow Sea. 55 Chinese sailors are feared dead in this accident. China is shocked by this incident. There is news of death of 55 sailors of People's Liberation Army (PLA) in this accident. According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, the nuclear submarine itself got entangled in a net intended to trap British ships

Vikrant Shekhawat : Oct 04, 2023, 01:42 PM
China News: China's nuclear submarine itself got trapped in the net that China had laid for foreign ships in the Yellow Sea. 55 Chinese sailors are feared dead in this accident. China is shocked by this incident. There is news of death of 55 sailors of People's Liberation Army (PLA) in this accident. According to the British newspaper Daily Mail, the nuclear submarine itself got entangled in a net intended to trap British ships in the Yellow Sea. A similar accident had happened a few days ago also. Till now no statement has come from China on this.

What happened in the nuclear submarine, why did so many sailors lose their lives?

One naval death was caused by a catastrophic failure of the submarine's oxygen system, according to a secret UK report. Because of this the crew became victims of poison. It is being said that the captain of Chinese PLA Navy submarine '093-417' and 21 more officers are also among the dead. Officially China has denied this incident. It is believed that China has also refused to accept the request for international help for its damaged submarine.

Accident happened in the yellow sea

About this deadly UK report, it was written like this, 'Intelligence reports that the submarine met with an accident while carrying out a mission in the Yellow Sea on August 21. According to the report, this incident happened at 8.12 pm. As a result, 55 sailors died. These include 22 officers, seven officer cadets, nine junior officers and 17 sailors. Captain Colonel Ju Yong-peng is also included in the dead. China's Type 093 submarines have been part of the Navy for the last 15 years. It is 351 feet long and is equipped with torpedoes. Type 093 is one of China's most modern submarines and has negligible noise.

A trap laid for American ships, they themselves got trapped!

'It is suspected that the sailors died due to hypoxia caused by a system failure on the submarine,' the report said. The submarine collided with a chain and anchor barrier used by the Chinese Navy to trap American and allied submarines. Because of this the system failed. During repairs, the ship's oxygen system stopped working and he died of suffocation. In this case, China has not publicly confirmed any independent confirmation of the suspected loss of the submarine.