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Old 2nd Apr 2001, 21:47
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Post U.S. Navy EP-3 forced down by Chinese

Surely there must be some interest about the top story in the world news -- that of a U.S. Navy EP-3 Airies II spy plane forced down with 24 crewmen aboard after a collision with a Chinese fighter.

The navy plane landed on the Chinese island of Hainan. The Chinese F-8 (Jian-8) apparently went down after the collision.

Both sides blame each other. The American crew reportedly has been isolated. The Chinese reportedly are crawling all over the place gathering information on all the latest in electronic listening devices.

This happened on Sunday. I've searched and searched, but could not find anything on PPRune.