China Blames U. S. for Yet Another Mid-Air Collision
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have stated that
they are holding the United States, "fully responsible"
for today's mid-air collision, involving several Chinese
aircraft and one American craft. This comes just weeks
after a similar incident involving a U. S. spy plane.
Officials have stated that at approximately 8:25 a. m.,
GMT, a squadron of Chinese F-8 fighters collided with
an American Goodyear Blimp. The crash left over a dozen
Chinese planes downed and the blimp's electronic
billboard damaged. Sources say the billboard's scrolling
marquee had been advertising the soft drink 7-UP, but after
the collision, only the words "Up yours" could be seen.
A Chinese pilot who witnessed the collision between his
squadron, nicknamed, "Panda Rash" told China's Xinhua
news agency that he saw the American blimp dive out of
the clouds and crash into wingman Sum Yung Gui's F-8 jet.
"I told Yung Gui his tail was all broken. 'Keep it
straight. Keep it straight'", said the pilot. "He just
couldn't shake the American foreign-devil!" The blimp
then reportedly veered hard left and then right, taking
out the rest of the squadron.
Pilot Chawp Suey told Xinhua the American blimp is "fully
responsible for the incident", repeating the language
Beijing has used in the earlier incident.
China blames this new accident on the Goodyear blimp,
saying it rammed the supersonic fighters, and has demanded
an apology.
Officials from the Goodyear Company have said it is
unlikely that the slow propeller-driven blimp could turn
inside and ram a dozen nimble fighters, unless the
Chinese were testing chimp pilots.
"The direct cause of the collision was that the
American blimp made a sudden big move toward the Chinese
planes, making it impossible for the Chinese planes to
get out of the way", Suey was quoted as saying.
"The savage act of American blimps colliding with
Chinese planes while conducting spying activities at
sporting events makes us indignant", he was quoted as
saying.
OK, OK, don't everybody get all bent outta shape- it's a JOKE, fer Christ's sake!!! :-)
Jay
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