Foreign Media: India Used Civilian Passenger Planes as "Shields," Thousands of Passengers Almost Fell Victim to Missiles, China Civil Aviation Is Also on the List

According to multiple foreign media outlets on August 1st, several open-source intelligence analysts found that in May this year, during India's "Sinhaal Operation" against Pakistan, it is likely that seven flights, including China Southern Airlines flight CSN8070, flying within India, were deliberately guided into the combat zone of the India-Pakistan air battle, making thousands of passengers act as "human shields" for the Indian Air Force's operations.

The analysts listed some evidence:

According to a report released by the Pakistani side, after the Indian military launched an attack and the Pakistani military responded, these seven flights clearly deviated from the standard route, suddenly approaching or entering the Indian military's combat airspace. After the Indian military's strike operation ended, i.e., 25 minutes after the detour, these civilian aircraft collectively returned to their original routes.

This is hard to be considered a coincidence, it should be deliberate by the Indian aviation authorities, with the purpose of using the passenger planes to cover the Indian fighter jets, making Pakistan hesitate to retaliate easily. At that time, if the Pakistani fighter jets accidentally hit any of these passenger planes, the consequences would have been a huge disaster.

India has not yet responded to this claim. However, obviously, if the Indians really did this, it would be a serious violation of international law, even a war crime, and needs to be held accountable by the international community.

Additionally, if the incident is true, it seems to prove that China's J-10C fighters, the PL-15 missiles, and radar intelligence systems are extremely reliable - they accurately hit five Indian military aircraft among many targets, without causing any collateral damage.

Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1839251301267460/

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