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and motherboards and using an axe from the plane's survival kit to destroy hard drives. The crew had not been formally trained on how to destroy sensitive documents and equipment, and so improvised. As a result of the destruction, the plane's interior was later described as resembling "the aftermath of a frat party".
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operations. The PRC interprets the convention as allowing it to preclude other nations' military operations within this area, but the United States does not recognize China's claim for the Paracel Islands and maintains that the Convention grants free navigation for all countries' aircraft and ships,
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For the next 26 minutes, the crew of the EP-3 performed an emergency plan which included destroying sensitive items aboard the aircraft, such as electronic equipment related to intelligence-gathering, documents and data. Part of this plan involved pouring freshly brewed coffee into disk drives
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sorries"; and the U.S. first for being insensitive immediately after the event and later for issuing the letter rather than being more oppositional. The United States tried to be conciliatory in order to try to avoid Chinese objections to U.S. foreign policy, which became more important after the
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There was further debate over the exact meaning of the Chinese translation issued by the U.S. Embassy. A senior administration official was quoted as saying "What the Chinese will choose to characterize as an apology, we would probably choose to characterize as an expression of regret or sorrow".
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The U.S. government stated that the Chinese jet bumped the wing of the larger, slower, and less maneuverable EP-3. After returning to U.S. soil, the pilot of the EP-3, Lt. Shane Osborn, was allowed to make a brief statement in which he said that the EP-3 was on autopilot and in straight-and-level
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The 24 crew members (21 men and 3 women) were detained for 10 days in total and were released soon after the U.S. issued the "letter of the two sorries" to the Chinese. The crew was only partially successful in their destruction of classified material. Some of the material they failed to destroy
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In addition to paying for the dismantling and shipping of the EP-3, the United States paid US$ 34,567 for the 11 days of food and lodging supplied by the Chinese government to the aircraft's crew. The Chinese had demanded one million dollars compensation from the U.S. for the lost J-8 and their
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aircraft and performed aerobatic maneuvers including a barrel roll. In May 2016, the U.S. protested when two Shenyang J-11BH aircraft reportedly came within 15 meters (50 ft) of a U.S. EP-3 on "a routine" patrol approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of Hainan Island. China responded by
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For 15 minutes after landing, the EP-3 crew continued to destroy sensitive items and data on board the aircraft, as per protocol. They disembarked from the aircraft after soldiers looked through windows, pointed guns and shouted through bullhorns. The Chinese offered them water and cigarettes.
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when it was intercepted by two J-8II fighters. A collision between the EP-3 and one of the J-8s caused damage to the EP-3 and the loss of the J-8 and its pilot. The EP-3 was forced to make an emergency landing on Hainan without permission from the PRC, and its 24 crew members were detained and
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The incident occurred ten weeks after George W. Bush's presidential inauguration and was his first foreign policy crisis. Both countries were criticized after the event: the Chinese for making a bluff which was called without any real concessions from America other than the "Letter of the two
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Wang was seen to eject after the collision, but the Pentagon said that the damage to the underside of the EP-3 could mean that the cockpit of the Chinese fighter jet was crushed, making it impossible for the pilot to survive. Wang's body was never recovered, and he was presumed dead.
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Three U.S. diplomats were sent to Hainan to meet the crew, assess their conditions and to negotiate the crew's release. The diplomats were first allowed to meet with the crew three days after the incident. U.S. officials complained about China's delays in this regard.
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of the People's Republic of China to end the incident. Upon delivery of the letter, China released the detained crew and eventually returned the disassembled aircraft. The letter stated that the United States was "very sorry" for the death of Chinese pilot Wang Wei
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mission, it was flying at 22,000 feet (6,700 m) and 180 knots (210 mph; 330 km/h), on a heading of 110°, about 70 miles (110 km) away from the island. Two Chinese J-8s from Hainan's Lingshui airfield approached. One of the J-8s
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U.S. Navy engineers said the EP-3 could be repaired in 8–12 months, but China refused to allow it to be flown off Hainan island. The disassembled aircraft was released on July 3, 2001, and was returned to the United States by the Russian airline
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interrogated by Chinese authorities until a statement was delivered by the United States government regarding the incident. The ambiguous phrasing of the statement allowed both countries to save face and defused a potentially volatile situation.
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for "heroism and extraordinary achievement" in flight. The J-8B pilot, Wang Wei, was posthumously honored in China as a "Guardian of Territorial Airspace and Waters". His widow received a personal letter of condolence from US President
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facility that tracks civil and military activity in the area and monitors traffic from commercial communications satellites. The United States has long kept the island under surveillance; on May 22, 1951, for example,
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including military aircraft and ships, within a country's exclusive economic zone. Although the United States is not party to UNCLOS, it has accepted and complies with nearly all of the treaty's provisions.
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of the U.S. Navy while operating 75 miles (121 km) south of Hainan. Pentagon officials characterized the actions as "aggressive" and "harassment". In August 2014, the U.S. protested when a Chinese
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After the collision, China's briefly lessened aggressiveness in monitoring of reconnaissance flights. Flights of U.S. surveillance aircraft near the Chinese coastline continued as before the incident.
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The impact sent the EP-3 into a 30° dive at a bank angle of 130°, almost inverted. It dropped 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in 30 seconds, and fell another 6,000 feet (1,800 m) before the pilot,
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detached completely and its No. 1 (outer left) propeller was damaged severely. Airspeed and altitude data were lost, the aircraft depressurized, and an antenna became wrapped around the
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The United States and the People's Republic of China disagree on the legality of the overflights by U.S. naval aircraft of the area where the incident occurred. This part of the
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accepted the expression of "very sorry" as consistent with the formal apology that China had sought, and so China released the Americans thereafter.
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for missionization as they were the main provider of EP-3 maintenance and modernization at the time. The aircraft returned to duty prior to 2013.
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Wang Wei, made two close passes to the EP-3. On the third pass, it collided with the larger aircraft. The J-8 broke into two pieces; the EP-3's
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in 1975. The United States remains neutral in this dispute, but patrols the sea regularly with naval ships and airplanes, during what it terms
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employees. Some of the captured computers contained detailed information for processing PROFORMA communications from
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between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that resulted from a mid-air collision between a
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flight at the time of the collision. He stated that he was just "guarding the autopilot" in his interview with
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Garver, John W. "Sino-American relations in 2001: the difficult accommodation of two great powers."
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The Shenyang J-8 (81192) in another altercation with a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft in January 2001.
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and other countries. The plane also carried information on the emitter parameters for U.S.-allied
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The "Letter of the two sorries" was the letter delivered by the United States Ambassador
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Neither claim can be verified since the Chinese government did not release data from the
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The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy
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Osborn made an unauthorized emergency landing at Lingshui airfield, after at least 15
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The EP-3 crew arrives at Hickam AFB in Hawaii. Pictured saluting is U.S. Air Force
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The crew of the EP-3 was released on April 11, 2001, and returned to their base at
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America's Wars: Interventions, Regime Change, and Insurgencies after the Cold War
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where they were interrogated for two nights before being moved to lodgings in
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systems worldwide. China also discovered that the United States could track
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Both the cause of the collision and the assignment of blame were disputed:
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Born to Fly: The Untold Story of the Downed American Reconnaissance Plane
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was flying over the South China sea at a point roughly midway between
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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–09)
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Tapper, Jake; Lindsey, Daryl; Montgomery, Alicia (April 13, 2001).
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Shadow Flights: America's Secret Air War Against the Soviet Union
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comprises part of the PRC's exclusive economic zone based on the
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American crew detained, later released; one Chinese J-8 pilot
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The Chinese government stated that, according to Wang Wei's
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Guarded closely, they were taken to a military barracks at
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2001 aviation accident between aircraft of the US and China
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pilot, but this was refused without further negotiations.
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of either aircraft, both of which are in its possession.
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force is based at Hainan. The island also houses a large
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EP-3E
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Shenyang J-8II
international incident
United States Navy
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