The jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares over international waters.
A Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the deck of HMAS Hobart during flying operations off northern Australia. | LSIS Matthew Lyall/Australian Defence Force via APMELBOURNE, Australia — Australia has protested to Beijing through multiple channels that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares over international waters, the prime minister said Tuesday.
“We’ve made it very clear ... through all of our channels, at all measures at our disposal, including here publicly,” Albanese said.“It’s important that we speak out when events like this occur. It’s important that we make clear our position, which has been done at the diplomatic levels, at government-to-government, but also defense-to-defense as well. And all of those avenues have been made clear.
He said the flares were 300 meters in front of the helicopter and 60 meters above it and the helicopter pilot had to “take evasive action in order to not be hit by those flares.”He said the Chinese interception was “unsafe and unprofessional.” It was the most serious encounter between the two nations’ forces since Australia accused the Chinese destroyer CNS Ningbo of injuring Australian navy divers with sonar pulses in Japanese waters in November. Australia said China disregarded a safety warning to keep away from the Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba.
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