Chinese submarine crash rumor
Another rumor about the accident of the Chinese nuclear submarine (SSN) Type 093 New rumors have spread in the Taiwanese media that an explosion occurred on board the Long March-15 Type 093 (Shang-class) submarine of the Northern Fleet of the PLA Navy, as a result of which the crew died. It is reported that the boat was not in the Taiwan Strait, but in the Yellow Sea. It was used to test underwater weapons. The prerequisite for further inflating the topic with the submarine was the appearance of information that its crew was supposed to arrive home in early September for a short vacation, but the families never saw them. The Taiwanese media again contacted the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense for comment. The deputy head of the Intelligence Department of the Taiwan General Staff, Major General Huang Wenqi, said: “Regarding the media reports that an accidental explosion occurred on the Chinese Type 093 nuclear attack submarine, I would like to inform everyone that this kind of information has a high degree of secrecy. As for the details and information held by the Ministry of Defense, due to its high sensitivity, we will not disclose it here.” Another clue was that the radiological monitoring aircraft WC-135R (registration number 64-14831) of the US Air Force continued to operate in the suspected area of the Chinese submarine disaster. The aircraft flew on September 6 into the airspace over the East China and Yellow Seas to monitor background radiation.