{"id":14056,"date":"2019-06-27T14:57:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/27\/report-chinese-jets-buzzed-canadian-warship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:50:42","slug":"report-chinese-jets-buzzed-canadian-warship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/27\/report-chinese-jets-buzzed-canadian-warship\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chinese jets buzzed Canadian warship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BEIJING \u2014 A report says two Chinese fighter jets buzzed a Canadian warship operating in international waters in the East China Sea at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian Global Affairs Institute<\/a> fellow Matthew Fisher wrote that the Su-30 fighters flew within 300 meters (980 feet) of the bow of the Halifax-class frigate Regina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fisher, who was aboard the ship, said the display was more aggressive than previous encounters between the Canadian navy and Chinese warplanes, but was not considered dangerous. Fisher didn’t say when the incident occurred, although his report on the institute’s website was dated Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was not a dangerous scenario but it is one that we certainly paid close attention to,” Regina’s captain, Cmdr. Jake French, was quoted as saying. “I will not characterize their intent, but we have seen a lot of ‘fast air’ over the past week flying from where many of their bases are.”<\/p>\n\n\n\t