MANILA: The Philippine government accused China on Saturday (Aug 24) of firing flares at one of its aircraft as it flew patrols over the South China Sea this month.
This screengrab from the Philippine Coast Guard handout video taken on Aug 19, 2024, and received on Aug24, 2024, shows a Chinese air force fighter jet deploying flares near a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane that was conducting a maritime domain awareness flight near China -controlled Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
The unprovoked Chinese"harassment" included"deploying flares multiple times at a dangerously close distance of approximately 15 metres from the BFAR Grand Caravan aircraft", the task force added in a statement. The Philippines has also accused a Chinese air force plane of making a"dangerous manoeuvre" and dropping flares in the path of a Filipino air force plane that was patrolling over Scarborough on Aug 10.
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