BREAKING: Taiwan shoots down Chinese aircraft after intrusion into its airspace, reports

Videos have surfaced on social media about a Chinese Sukhoi 35 aricraft of the People’s Liberation Army-Air Froce (PLAAF) being shot down by Taiwan’s Air Defence systems.

The Chinese aircraft was supposedly shot over the Taiwan Strait. Chinese jets were reportedly undertaking aggressive activities and had intruded into Taiwan’s airspace on several occasions, a Twitter handle claimed.

While the location of the crash is yet to be known, a Twitter user noted that the plane is said to have crashed in the Guangxi province in China.

The cause of the crash is yet to be made official/known.

One of the video shows an injured pilot lying on the ground who apparently ejected himself from the aircraft.