Hainan Island incident · South China Sea
On April 1, 2001, Hainan Island incident (South China Sea). 1 person died.
- Date
- April 1, 2001
- Place
- South China Sea
- Killed
- 1
- Position
- 17.606°N, 111.361°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1137047
From Wikipedia
A ten-day international incident between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) resulted from a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Air Force J-8 interceptor on April 1, 2001.
The EP-3 was flying over the South China Sea at a point roughly midway between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands when it was intercepted by two J-8II fighters. A collision between the EP-3 and one of the J-8s caused damage to the EP-3 and the loss of the J-8 and its pilot. The EP-3 was forced to make an emergency landing on Hainan without permission from the PRC, and its 24 crew members were detained and interrogated by Chinese authorities until a statement was delivered by the United States government regarding the incident. The ambiguous phrasing of the statement allowed both countries to save face and defused a potentially volatile situation.
Text from Wikipedia, “Hainan Island incident”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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