The Chinese government is not disposed to transparency regarding its military accidents.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Only high standards of maintenance, manufacturing and crew training can avert lethal peacetime disasters standards which are difficult for many nations to afford, but which the PLA Navy likely aspires to it as it continues to expand and professionalize its forces at an extraordinary rate.
On April 25, 2003 the crew of a Chinese fishing boat noticed a strange sight a periscope drifting listlessly above the surface of the water. The fishermen notified the People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) which promptly dispatched two vessels to investigate.
Military commissioner and former president Jiang Zemin acknowledged the tragic incident on May 2, 2003, in a statement honoring the sacrifice of Chinese sailors' lives and vaguely characterizing the cause as “mechanical failure.”
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