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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

‘A dangerous act’: how a Chinese fighter jet intercepted an RAAF aircraft and what happens next

FILE - Main China pilots prepare to fly a J-16 fighter jet at a training base for China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval aviation force in Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang Province
Pilots prepare to fly a J-16 fighter jet at a training base for China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval aviation force in Ningbo in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. Photograph: AP

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has denounced an incident in which a Chinese fighter plane forced an Australian plane into a dangerous manoeuvre. China’s actions were “an act of aggression and a dangerous act”, Albanese told reporters in Jakarta on Monday evening.

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