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 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.
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