Japan scrambles fighters to meet China plane
By , on February 28th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to head off a Chinese government plane flying towards disputed islands in the East China Sea, the defence ministry said. It said the Y-12 propeller plane did not enter airspace around the Tokyo-controlled islands known as the Senkakus, which Beijing claims as the Diaoyus. The aircraft headed back towards China after Japan’s military planes became airborne, defence officials said, declining to give further details. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Japan scrambles fighters to meet China plane
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to head off a Chinese government plane flying towards disputed islands in the East China Sea, the defence ministry said. It said the Y-12 propeller plane did not enter airspace around the Tokyo-controlled islands known as the Senkakus, which Beijing claims as the Diaoyus. The aircraft headed back towards China after Japan’s military planes became airborne, defence officials said, declining to give further details. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Japan scrambles fighters to meet China plane
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