Chinese warplane enters Taiwan’s air defence zone: Report

Taipei : A Chinese warplane intruded into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry said.
This was the first incursion since March 17. Over the past few months, Taiwan has reported incursion by Chinese warplanes into ADIZ almost daily.
Air defence identification zones are early warning systems that help countries to detect incursions into their airspace.
Any aircraft entering such an area is supposed to report its route and purpose to the “host” nation, though the zones are classified as international airspace and pilots are not legally bound to make such a notification.
According to Taiwan News, the Air Force scrambled jets, issued radio warnings to the Chinese plane and deployed its air defence missile systems to monitor the aircraft’s activity.
The plane, a Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft, emerged from the area on the border between the Chinese provinces of Fujian and Guangdong Saturday morning before flying across the Taiwan Strait in a southeasterly direction.