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Moment Chinese fighter jet flies within 10 feet of American B-52 bomber
A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet (three metres) of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the US military has said.
In the night intercept, the Shenyang J-11 twin-engine fighter closed on the U.S. Air Force plane at an “uncontrolled excessive speed, flying below, in front of, and within 10 feet of the B-52, putting both aircraft in danger of a collision,” the US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement released onThursday.
The military said: “We are concerned this pilot was unaware of how close he came to causing a collision.”
China’s Foreign Ministry put the blame on the US suggesting the American aircraft was flying over the South China Sea as a deliberate provocation.
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