US accuses China fighter of reckless mid-air intercept


Saturday, 23 August 2014 - 9:43

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A Chinese fighter came perilously close to a US military patrol plane over international waters east of China's Hainan Island.

Pentagon has said Spokesman John Kirby said that the US had protested to the Chinese military over the mid-air intercept, calling the fighter pilot's actions "unsafe and unprofessional".

He said that the Chinese aircraft came within 10 metres of the US Navy plane.

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