The Australian government has raised concerns with the Chinese government over the incident, which occurred in international airspace.
A Chinese fighter jet performed a “dangerous manoeuvre” close to an Australian surveillance aircraft in a recent mid-air incident over the South China Sea.
Speaking ahead of his trip to Indonesia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the incident was concerning. On May 26, a RAAF P-8 aircraft performing routine surveillance was intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter jet in international airspace in the South China Sea region.Credit:Marles said the fighter jet first flew very close to the side of the surveillance plane and released flares.
“The activity of the P-8 form part of maritime surveillance activity which has been undertaken by Australia in the South China Sea for decades – other countries do the same,” Marles said.
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