A Virgin Australia pilot is responsible for alerting authorities to Chinese live fire drills off Australia’s east coast last ...

Chinese naval drills in international waters between Australia and New Zealand caused dozens of flight diversions.

A flotilla of three Chinese warships remains 296km east of Hobart as Defence officials and government ministers scramble to ...

Virgin Australia and Emirates aircraft heard the Chinese flotilla's radio notification about a live-firing test off the ...

Pilots first heard about a Chinese live-fire naval exercise near Australia last week when already in the air, receiving ...

China's ambassador to Australia said on Friday his country had no reason to apologise for the military drills it conducted in ...

Airservices Australia has revealed that a Virgin Airlines pilot was the first to spot three Chinese warships off Australia's ...

CANBERRA – Australia was unaware Chinese warships were set to conduct live fire exercises off its east coast until its security authorities were alerted via a Virgin Australia pilot who heard ...

Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted ...

But in senate estimates earlier AirServices Australia’s chief executive Rob Sharp said the first warning came from a Virgin pilot just 250 nautical miles from the Chinese flotilla who relayed ...