South Korea’s defense ministry has released a video bolstering its demand that Japan stop “distorting the truth” and apologize for a patrol plane which allegedly flew dangerously close to a Korean ship.
The ministry claims that the Japanese plane made an aggressive maneuver in the Sea of Japan last month, swooping in low over a Korean vessel which was trying to rescue a North Korean fishing ship. The video released Friday includes new footage of the incident filmed at sea-level which shows both ships and the plane involved and makes renewed demands for an official apology in light of the evidence.
The video shows the Japanese plane flying within 500m of the Korean destroyer at an altitude of 150m, close enough for the crew to feel “ immense tremors ” from the aircraft, according to the video.
