The dive shattered the previous depth record for the Atlantic, which was held by the Chinese Jiaoling submarine. That sub has explored depths below 7,000 meters, and is still operational today.
But they declined to give further details. During the incident the main depth gauge on the submarine failed as it was diving, a defence source confirmed, but a secondary depth gauge was still working.
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