Japan scrambles fighters to counter China plane
Posted On Thursday, 28 Feb 2013 By Barmon Roy. Under International news
CORPORATE PRESS RELEASES (INDIA) news desk, February 28,2013
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AFP / Tokyo, February 28, 2013
Japan scrambled fighter jets 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 ...
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