1. Administration officials repeated Tuesday that would not bargain away their right to run spy flights in international airspace. 2. Air travel is global, and foreign carriers and international airspace need to be made safer too. 3. China continued to demand an apology for the incident and a cessation of U.S. surveillance flights in international airspace near its coast. 4. Clinton signed into law legislation seeking to punish foreign companies doing business with Cuba after the Communist nation shot down two unarmed U.S. civilian airplanes in international airspace. 5. Everyone knows that spies do not have the same freedom as others in international airspace. 6. He said on such missions in international airspace, a kindred spirit and curiosity often draw other aircraft in close to take a look. 7. It did not help matters that the plane was involved in surveillance, which is legal in international airspace but still controversial to the country spied on. 8. The American plane landed on Hainan Island after bumping into the Chinese plane in international airspace over the South China Sea. 9. The Chinese asked for American apologies over the entire incident, including the practice of flying reconnaissance missions in international airspace. 10. The intruder plane would soon have passed over Sakhalin Island and re-entered international airspace. |