The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 50 kilometres from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases.A voice, saying it's coming from a People's Liberation Army (PLA) airport, crackles over the radio of the US Navy P-8 Poseidon as a CNN crew, given rare access aboard the US flight, listens in."American aircraft. Chinese airspace is 12 nautical miles. Not approaching any more or you bear all responsibility," it says.
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