Beijing officials said a Chinese pilot responded with “legal and professional measures” following a close encounter between a Chinese military aircraft and a US Navy patrol plane on Wednesday over the South China Sea.
"We hope the US side keeps in mind the present condition of relations between the two countries and militaries, adopts concrete measures, and eliminates the origin of air and sea mishaps between the two countries," an unnamed defense ministry official told Global Times on Friday.
A US Navy P-3C came close to a Chinese KJ-200 plane, which was on a routine mission operating in the vicinity of China’s Huangyan Island on Wednesday, the official noted.
The KJ-200 is an airborne early warning and command plane, while the P-3 is a maritime surveillance aircraft.
This US Navy photo obtained on May 19, 2016, shows a P-3C Orion, after taking off from the NAS Jax runway on the morning of December 9, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida
Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis said on Friday that the Chinese aircraft essentially “crossed the nose” of the US plane, causing it to “make an immediate turn.”
“We don’t see any evidence that it was intentional,” the spokesman said, adding that the incident appeared to be a “one-off” encounter.
He added that interactions between ships and planes are “largely professional and safe.”
A US official told Reuters that such incidents involving Chinese and US aircraft are infrequent, with only two having taken place in 2016.
US President Donald Trump’s administration so far has taken a tough stance in the dispute over the South China Sea islands, over which China claims indisputable sovereignty.
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