In this image taken from a computer simulation a plane representing the U.S. EP-3E spy plane, top, is shown flying near a Chinese fighter jet. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue showed reporters the simulation and video footage showing the U.S. plane turning into the path of the Chinese jet, ending with double impacts between the two during a briefing on the plane collision during a news conference in Beijing Thursday, April 19, 2001. (AP Photo)
This is an image taken from a computer simulation showing a plane representing the U.S. EP-3E spy plane, top, flying near a Chinese fighter jet. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue showed reporters the simulation and video footage showing the U.S. plane turning into the path of the Chinese jet, ending with double impacts between the two during a briefing on the plane collision during a news conference in Beijing Thursday, April 19, 2001. (AP Photo)
From a U.S. plane's cockpit an unidentified U.S. crew member takes pictures of a Chinese plane off the Chinese coast in this image taken from 2000 video footage released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry during a news conference in Beijing Thursday, April 19, 2001. The ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue showed reporters the video footage during the conference and said she had documented "dangerous and aggressive" flying by U.S. pilots. Chinese characters read: "Taking pictures of us (China)." (AP Photo)
An unidentified U.S. plane flies near a Chinese plane off the Chinese coast in this image taken from a year 2000 video footage released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry during a news conference in Beijing Thursday, April 19, 2001. The ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue showed reporters the video footage during the conference and said she had documented "dangerous and aggressive" flying by U.S. pilots. (AP Photo/Chinese Foreign Ministry)