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55 CHINESE sailors are feared dead after their nuclear submarine apparently obtained stuck undersea.
A record by UK knowledge professionals stated that the sub struck a “chain and anchor” catch meant to arrest Western vessels hiding off China’s Shandong district.
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The team apparently asphyxiated after a “catastrophic failure” of the 351ft sub’s oxygen system.
It is unclear whether the catch mangled the oxygen system – or if the team had actually currently asphyxiated prior to the sub sank and also obtained stuck.
The sub is thought to be a cutting-edge Type 093 outfitted with torpedoes and also quiet “ghost” engines.
A classified instruction gotten by the Mail checks out: “Intelligence reports that on 21st of August there was an onboard crash whilst accomplishing an objective in the Yellow Sea.
“Incident occurred at 08.12 neighborhood causing the fatality of 55 team participants: 22 policemans, 7 policeman cadets, 9 petty policemans, 17 sailors.
“Dead consist of the captain Colonel Xue Yong-Peng.
“Our understanding is fatality brought on by hypoxia because of a system mistake on the submarine.
“The submarine struck a chain and also support challenge utilized by the Chinese Navy to catch United States and also allied submarines.
“This caused systems failings that took 6 hrs to fix and also appear the vessel.
“The onboard oxygen system poisoned the crew after a catastrophic failure.”
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The Royal Navy decreased to comment.
Beijing asserted that the information of the sub’s damage is “completely false” – additional strengthening the mystery.
