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China fired flares at a Philippine aircraft near Subi Reef, with multiple vessels observed in the disputed West Philippine Sea.
The Philippine coast guard reported that Chinese forces fired three flares from Subi Reef toward a Philippine surveillance aircraft during a routine patrol in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday.
The Cessna Grand Caravan, monitoring marine resources and fishery safety, captured the incident on video, continued its mission without interruption, and observed a Chinese hospital ship, two coast guard vessels, 29 suspected militia ships, and a navy ship near Sabina Shoal, which issued repeated radio challenges.
Subi Reef, one of seven artificial islands China has built in the Spratly Islands, hosts military infrastructure.
The U.S. has a defense treaty with the Philippines and patrols the region, while China has not commented.
Overlapping claims exist with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan.
China disparó bengalas contra un avión filipino cerca de Subi Reef, y se observaron varios buques en el disputado mar de Filipinas Occidentales.