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Apr 2, 2001 · The mid-air crash occurred about 50 miles southeast of China's Hainan Island, in what American officials described as international waters. The EP-3 aircraft, which had taken off from an American ...
Jul 29, 2022 · That wasn’t actually the end of the story, however. Initially, a team of technicians from the United States was sent to Hainan to repair the plane.However, Beijing refused to allow the aircraft to be flown off Hainan Island, and instead, it was disassembled and flown back to the United States on July 3, 2001 via the Russian airline Polet in two Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo planes.
• The U.S. plane makes an emergency landing on the southern Chinese island of Hainan without permission. • China and the U.S. exchange blame for the incident.
Mid-air collision between a Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II (156511) and a Shenyang J-8II (81192) fighter jet near Hainan Island, People's Republic of China, South China Sea. The Shenyang J-8II broke into two pieces and crashed into the sea killing the pilot. The Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II was able to land substantial damaged at Hainan Island.
Mar 30, 2015 · Milestone Monday: Hainan Island Incident. On April 1, 2001, a US Navy Lockheed EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance/signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft was operating about 70 miles from Hainan Island ...
Jul 3, 2001 · By ABC News. July 3, 2001, 5:21 AM. B E I J I N G, China, July 3 -- The dismantled U.S. EP-3spy plane held on China's Hainan Island since April was flownout to the United States today, the U.S ...
Jan 3, 2004 · The Hainan Incident was pr obably the most serious m ilitary incident in Sino- American relations since the 1970s, and it generated a crisis in the already brittle relationship.
