The US plane bumped into and caused the destruction of a Chinese fighter jet, then entered into Chinese territorial airspace and landed at a Chinese airport without permission on April 1. The pilot of the Chinese plane remains missing.
During the consultations, the Chinese side reiterated that the US side should take full responsibility for the incident and apologize to the Chinese side, and take effective measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
China and the United States have conducted several rounds of diplomatic consultations on resolving the incident of the collision between US and Chinese military planes.