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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Patrick

China navy helicopter conducts ‘dangerous’ manoeuvres close to Philippine plane

Footage distributed by the Philippine coast guard shows what it has described as a Chinese navy helicopter performing "dangerous" flight manoeuvres on Tuesday, 18 February, close to a government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

A government fisheries aircraft was conducting a "maritime domain awareness" flight over the Scarborough Shoal, a prime fishing patch inside the Philippines' exclusive economic zone, the Philippine coast guard said.

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