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flamingREED:
Savagery raised to the power of recklessness!

Tinubuadvocate:
This site is full of mentally challenge people.

naptu2:
Aha! Here it is. This is probably the biggest incident in recent times.

This happened almost exactly 20 years ago (April 1st, 2001).



A US Navy signals intelligence plane was flying off the coast of China and collecting intelligence about a nearby Chinese military base when the Chinese Navy scrambled 2 fighter jets to intercept it.


The US plane was a propeller plane, while, as I said, the Chinese planes were jets.


The Chinese planes flew very close to the US plane and one of the jets had to fly very slowly in order to match the speed of the US plane. The jet was not designed to fly so slowly and it became difficult to control.


One of the jets collided with the US plane and broke into 2. It is assumed that the Chinese pilot ejected from the plane, but his body was never found. He is presumed to have died.


The American plane had to make an emergency landing on a Chinese airfield. The crew of the plane quickly destroyed sensitive intelligence documents and equipment so that they would not fall into Chinese hands.


The Chinese arrested and detained the crew of the American plane. I remember that it was a very tense period.

This incident happened just a few weeks after George Bush The Second was sworn in as president.


The US eventually sent a vague letter of apology to the Chinese. The letter said that the US was sorry about the death of the Chinese pilot and they were also sorry that their plane made an unauthorised landing on a Chinese airfield. The US crew were released after the letter was delivered.


However, the US did not apologise for flying their plane close to Chinese airspace and they did not accept responsibility for the incident. Rather the letter was deliberately vague so that both sides could save face and so that the crew of the US plane would be released.

President Bush also sent a letter of condolence directly to the widow of the Chinese pilot.

However, some official and unofficial US sources continued to blame the Chinese pilot for the crash. Some US conspiracy theorists even claimed that the Chinese pilot was actually alive and that the Chinese Government was hiding him.


The Chinese initially refused to release the US plane. However, the plane was eventually disassembled and released to the US via a Russian airline. The Chinese billed the US Government for the feeding of the US aircrew and the transportation of the plane back to the US.



The video below contains footage from the US plane just before it collided with the Chinese plane. You can see how close the Chinese plane was.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUp_jX17ZIE

Reference:
Watching Chelsea cleaning up against Porto this second half. Nearly fell asleep before a 'Chilling' reminder that in the UCL, you blink and its gone.

Starzo:
anyway you want to look at it City will prefer facing psg to bayern.

If those Bayern Munich injured players come back and they are still in the competition, I no see anybody wey go beat them.

Righteousness2:
America is a Nation Begging for Destruction!
The Destruction has begun already but it's just testing the mic now!
America is Nomerica! Its Destruction is too sure.

Tolexander:
Seun has to ban this poster like Oyakhilome was finned by UK for misinformation

This same bible you quote from and believe in was given to you by this British.

If this pandemic is the symbol of end time to you, what would you call the Bubonic plague, Spanish flu and small pox pandemics that had happened before now?