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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: China to free U.S. spy plane crew | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 8:18 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | I guess O&A, playing the tie a yellow ribbon around the oak tree worked. April 11, 2001 Web posted at: 7:51 a.m. EDT (1151 GMT) BEIJING, China -- Twenty-four fliers, detained in China after a U.S. Navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter collided over the South China Sea, will be released, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. A White House official confirmed today to CNN that U.S. and Chinese diplomats had reached an agreement to end an 11-day standoff. In a statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said "humanitarian considerations" prompted the release. "Since the U.S. government has already said 'very sorry' to the Chinese people, the Chinese government has, out of humanitarian considerations, decided to allow the 24 people from the U.S. spy plane to leave after completion of the necessary arrangements," the statement said. Earlier, Chinese state-run media had announced that the crew of the U.S Navy EP-3 held on the island of Hainan were to be freed. A statement read on television and radio news broadcasts said the Americans would be released as soon as "appropriate travel procedures" were completed. No other details were given and it is not clear whether the issue of who was to blame for the incident has been resolved. Throughout the standoff, Beijing had demanded a full apology from Washington and acceptance that it was to blame for the collision, which sent the Chinese fighter jet into the sea. Reports in Chinese media Wednesday portrayed comments by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell last weekend as an informal apology for the collision, despite Powell's specific comment that the U.S. was not to blame. But Powell used the word "sorry" in reference to the U.S. regret over the loss of the Chinese pilot, who has not been found. Chinese media also noted that the United States acknowledged violating Chinese airspace -- but did not mention that the violation occurred as the damaged Navy plane limped to a Chinese landing strip for an emergency landing. The collision itself took place in international airspace. There are also indications that China may be moving toward an announcement that it has given up hope of finding missing pilot Wang Wei alive. Wang has not been seen since his F-8 fighter jet crashed into the sea after colliding with the U.S. spy plane. State-run media reports quoted China's Navy Vice-commissar Hu Yanlin as saying that while a massive search for Wang continues, "his chances of being alive are diminishing". The reports came as U.S. military officials said new evidence suggested the missing pilot was probably to blame for the collision that has led to a diplomatic standoff between the two nations. Pentagon sources say the accident happened after two close passes by the Chinese jets, in which they flew within little more than a meter of the much slower and larger, propeller-powered EP-3E plane. Then on the third pass, sources say, Wang's jet approached the U.S. plane from a 45-degree angle, cut it too close and was hit by the EP-3Es number one engine on the left wing. The collision sent the U.S. plane into a 2,500 meter dive before its pilot could regain control.  Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
| SNAKEBITE | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 8:30 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | About fucking time!!!! I guess Moose Moran's interview with Tony Orlando will have a different tune to it. lol Remember don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things | ||||
| Cap'n Fudge | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 8:33 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | According to the reports, the US apologize twice in the letter to China. What kind of spin will Bush put on this? He always tries to look tough and infalable. He should have seen it coming, but it happened way too fast  capnfudge@opieanthony.com | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 8:33 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Remember Opie asked, what happens if they get released before the interview and he said they will play it one final time and than play Celebration all week. They defintely have to call Moose back today. Teens, making the world a better place to live in. | ||||
| DaYellowJuandasun | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 9:06 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | i heard that they will probably get hungry 1/2 hour after there release. "your the one's who sent me the fruitcake for xmas!! IT MADE ME SO SICK!!" | ||||
| Reign | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 9:26 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | If they get hungry then they can stop at a real American eatery Mickey D's on the way home..:) O&A Tribe | ||||
| Skeet Slambone | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 10:34 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Forget the US spin on it. The chinks will make it look like Bush blew their emporor or whatever the fuck he is.
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| TFEC Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill! | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 1:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: The US apologized for the death of their pilot and that we landed on their island. We didn't say take responsobility for the accident which was good since we did not cause it to begin with!! I say we issue another statement to those yellow slopes once we get our people back "The US also is sorry that you people can't out those slits you call eyes good enough to fly a fuckin jet!!!" LONG LIVE SYNDICATION UNDERGROUND!!! LET'S GO DEVILS!!!! LET'S GO GIANTS!!!! | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 1:55 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | TFEC's totally right. The only thing it made us seem is sorry that we had to issue a sorry in the first place. We weren't sorry over what we did. We were sorry that a) a guy died (never said it was OUR fault because it was probably his) and b) sorry that we had to land there in the first place (which doesn't mean we're sorry about what happened just htat we had to waste our time with it in the first place). | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 2:01 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I just wish we could knock a fifth of the world's population off by lighting those commie bastards up! Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. | ||||
| drkn2forget | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 2:41 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | Looks like were not getting the plane back though....AHH!! Just raise the taxes we'll play for another one This message was edited by drkn2forget on 4-11-01 @ 2:43 PM | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 2:51 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | screw that. let's "accidentally" destroy the plane so they can't strip it. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 2:53 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | Dude, we TOTALLY need to install self destruct buttons again | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 3:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | and cyanide capsules for all on board.... Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. | ||||
| Cap'n Fudge | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 3:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | If we install self-destruct buttons, we won't need the cyanide capsules. He should have seen it coming, but it happened way too fast capnfudge@opieanthony.com | ||||
| Rog2K | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 3:26 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | you can never be too careful. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic. | ||||
| TFEC Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill! | posted on 04-11-2001 @ 5:15 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Just launch a couple of GPS guided tomahwak missles, that'll take care of it!! LONG LIVE SYNDICATION UNDERGROUND!!! LET'S GO DEVILS!!!! LET'S GO GIANTS!!!! | ||||
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