Hainan Island incident
Military conflict
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The Hainan Island incident occurred on April 1, 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a Chinese J-8II interceptor jet collided mid-air, resulting in an international dispute between the United States and... Wikipedia
Location: South China Sea and Hainan
Date: April 1, 2001
1 EP-3E damaged and captured; 24 aircrew captured and detained: 1 J-8 destroyed; 1 pilot missing, presumed dead
1 EP-3E signals intelligence aircraft: 2 J-8IM aircraft