#China’s foreign ministry accused an Australian aircraft of deliberately flying close to a Chinese jet, saying it had endangered China’s maritime security. However, #Canberra said a Chinese jet fired flares in front of the Australian helicopter—forcing the pilot to “take evasive action in order to not be hit by those flares.” https://www.ntd.com/chinese-jet-fires-flares-forcing-australian-helicopter-into-evasive-action_991305.html