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Diplomats try to free US spy crew

US diplomats have flown to an island in the South China Sea where a navy spy plane landed after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

Diplomats try to free US spy crew

Mon, 02 Apr, 2001 - 11:12

US diplomats have flown to an island in the South China Sea where a navy spy plane landed after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet.

A Chinese sailor says the 24 American crew members have been moved to a military guesthouse.

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Courts Spy plane crisis Place: South China Sea Place: Hainan Island Place: Guangzhou Place: Hainan Place: Lingshui Place: Okinawa, Japan Organisation: China Organisation: US Organisation: Beijing Organisation: Air Force Organisation: Marine

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