A US Navy EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft will be exhibited at the Pagoda Aerospace Museum in Arizona.The military aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter in the South China Sea in 2001, and a Chinese pilot was killed in the accident.
The Pony Airlines Museum posted a post on the social media Instagram on Tuesday (October 22), saying that the U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the museum on the same day.
The Warzone website (The Warzone) reported on Wednesday (23) that the Pagoda Aeronautical Aerospace Museum said that the reconnaissance aircraft has not been prepared to display it, but once it is exhibited, it will be a real piece.Unique exhibits.
Public information shows that on April 1, 2001, the US military EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft was investigated over the waters near Hainan Island of China.A wingman collided with U.S. aircraft over the Chinese exclusive economic zone in 70 nautical miles (110 kilometers) in the southeast of Hainan Island, China. The Chinese fighter was crashing, the pilot Wang Wei's parachute was unknown, and was later confirmed by Chinese officials.U.S. military aircraft forced Hainan Island Lingshui Airport without the Chinese government's permission.
After China's negotiation and protest against the United States, on April 11 of the same year, the US representatives submitted a letter of apology, and China released 24 people on the US reconnaissance aircraft to return to China.After a series of negotiations, China and the United States reached an agreement to unpacked aircraft in early June of the same year.On July 6 of the same year, the dismantling US reconnaissance aircraft was transported back to China by large transport aircraft rented by the United States.
The theater stated that the crew members on the EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft once tried to destroy secret equipment and materials by using ax splitting and hand-tearing.The United States later evaluated that China was "very likely" to obtain confidential information from this reconnaissance aircraft.
It is reported that after the modification and repair, the reconnaissance aircraft first flight after the modification was modified in November 2002, and it was reopened after maintenance and modernization.It is reported that as of April this year, the reconnaissance aircraft was still in service.
The theater commented in the report that although the collision incident may be a bad ending for the crew of the EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft, "but" retain such a long-established aircraft for the public for the publicVisiting is very suitable. "It not only witnessed the special incident of the day, but also reminded people that air investigators faced the risks when performing such tasks."
