Chinese fighter jet flies DANGEROUSLY close to Filipino plane days after South China Sea ship crash

Описание: A Chinese jet fighter "intercepted" a Philippine aircraft carrying journalists during a patrol flight over the Scarborough Shoal

This comes two days after two Chinese vessels collided in the area while allegedly trying to block a Philippine supply mission

Journalists aboard the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) flight watched as the Chinese fighter closed in on the small Cessna Caravan turboprop

At one point the Chinese fighter came within about 200 feet (61 metres) as it manoeuvred behind, above, and alongside the plane, PCG said

It is the latest sign of the persistent tensions between the two nations in the disputed South China Sea atoll

The encounter lasted 20 minutes, during which radio demands from one of two Chinese navy ships spotted below ordering the Philippine plane to "leave immediately" could be heard from the cockpit.

On Monday the Chinese Coast Guard smashed into a Chinese military ship while facing off with the Philippines Coast Guard.

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