North Korea Almost Shot Down a Chinese Jet

[mota bhai 2,675]

By Zachary Keck
March 06, 2014

According to the South Korean government, on Tuesday a South China Airlines plane carrying 220 civilians narrowly missed being hit by a North Korean missile after it flew into the missile’s trajectory. The missile and plane crossed the same path just seven short minutes apart. No one was harmed. The plane had been flying to Shenyang, China from Narita airport in Japan.

A South Korean Defense Ministry spokesperson told Bloomberg News: “The rocket could have hit the plane on its way down. North Korea had not given any warning [of the missile launch]. It was an unexpected and immoral act that goes against international norms.” The same spokesperson confirmed that Seoul had passed along information about the near miss to its allies in Beijing.

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According to Yonhap News Agency, which cited the ROK Defense Ministry: “The North fired off three short-range projectiles using a 240 mm multiple rocket launchers at around 6 a.m from Wonsan on its southeastern coast…. It launched four more beginning at 4:17 p.m. using a longer-range rocket launcher from the same region, with the range of about 155 km.” One of the latter missiles was apparently the projectile that almost blew up the Chinese civilian plane.

It’s unclear how China will respond to news of North Korea almost shooting down one of its civilian airplanes.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/03/north-korea-almost-shot-down-a-chinese-jet/

[luckytxn 2,265]

7 Minutes is not a short time. smh

[Sousuke 1,214]

7 Minutes is not a short time. smh

Yeah the way I heard it described - Its like two bullets trying to hit each in mid air. Not likely to happen.

[JohnR! 5,495]

At the speeds missiles and aircraft travel, 7 minutes translate into 45 miles... Way to make news where none exist...

Edited March 7, 2014 by Gegel