Japanese flying through China air defense zone defiant


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Nov 2013

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese travellers flying through China's new air defense zone on Wednesday said they supported a government-backed decision by Japan's main carriers to defy a Chinese demand for flight plans, with most unfazed by any potential risk.

China published coordinates for an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone over the weekend and warned it would take "defensive emergency measures" against aircraft that failed to identify themselves properly in the airspace.

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