An <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EP-3E" id="mwAZo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="EP-3E">EP-3E</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Surveillance aircraft">surveillance aircraft</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hainan Island incident">collides</a> with a Chinese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army" id="mwAZ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-8" id="mwAZ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shenyang J-8">Shenyang J-8</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_jet" id="mwAaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fighter jet">fighter jet</a>. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan" id="mwAaE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hainan">Hainan</a>, China and is detained.<sup about="#mwt250" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-46"}}' id="cite_ref-46" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-46" id="mwAaI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 46;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaM">[46]</span></a></sup>
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