Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace
Taiwan reported an increase in Chinese airforce activity, detecting 66 Chinese planes around the island in a single-day record for this year.
Taiwan’s defense ministry has reported a surge of Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island, a day after Beijing reportedly conducted military drills with an aircraft carrier in nearby waters.
The ministry on Thursday said it had detected 66 Chinese military aircraft operating around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, making it a record high this year.
“66 PLA aircraft and seven PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 am (2200 GMT Wednesday) today,” the defense ministry said in its statement.
As per the ministry, 56 of the planes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, entering Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and southeastern air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Seven Chinese navy vessels were also detected operating around Taiwan on Wednesday, the ministry added.