A Chinese fighter jet has dropped flares in the flight path of an Australian Navy helicopter in a dangerous mid-air confrontation. The Navy Seahawk helicopter was enforcing sanctions in North ...

Defense Minister Richard Marles said Monday that a Chinese Chengdu J-10 fighter jet released flares in the flight path of an Australian navy Seahawk helicopter deployed from the Hobart.

The airplane crashed as it took off Rottnest Island a popular tourist spot off Western Australia. Specialist investigators were probing the crash. There were six tourists on board when the plane ...