Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to track two Chinese Y-8 maritime patrol

Taiwan said on Tuesday that 2 Chinese patrol aircraft entered its airspace its air force scrambled fighter jets to track two Chinese Y-8 maritime ELINT patrol aircraft which intruded into the island's airspace.

One plane entered Taiwan's ADIZ (air defence identification zone) at 8:33am on Monday and another at 2:31 pm, en route to a disputed area in the South China Sea.The planes had taken off from the mainland's southeastern province of Guangdong. Taiwan scrambled Mirage 2000-5s and Indigenous Defence Fighters to track and trail the Chinese aircraft.