Submersible Jiaolong completes 2nd deep-sea dive

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhuanet) -- China’s submersible Jiaolong has completed its second diving operation in the South China Sea with a scientist on board.

Zhou Huaiyang is a professor of deep-sea studies from the School of Ocean and Earth Science of Tongji University. He collected geological samples and deep-sea environmental data. Tuesday’s dive also continued with tests on Jiaolong’s positioning system.


In future dives, 13 other scientists from various fields will study the ocean depths from the Jiaolong.

The submersible completed its first deep-sea dive in the South China Sea on Monday afternoon, the start of a 113-day-long mission. The mission marks the start of a five-year trial period for the Jiaolong before it goes into regular operation.

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