US aircraft forced to take evasive maneuvers during latest incident over contested shipping, fishing and gas field-rich region
The close encounter followed what the US called a recent trend of increasingly dangerous behavior by Chinese military aircraft.
A US military spokesperson said the Chinese jet came within 10ft feet of the plane’s wing, but 20ft from its nose, which caused the US aircraft to take evasive maneuvers.The Chinese embassy in Washington DC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.has said that the US sending ships and aircraft into the South China Sea is not conducive to peace.
China claims vast swaths of the South China Sea that overlap with the exclusive economic zones of Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. Despite tensions between the United States and China, US military officials have long sought to maintain open lines of communication with their Chinese counterparts to mitigate the risk of potential flare-ups or deal with any accidents.
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