Chinese drills in the Tasman Sea were spotted by passenger aircraft, more than 50 of which needed to be diverted. Photo: HANDOUT / AFP
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the pressure Australian officials are coming under to explain why it was a Virgin airline pilot who alerted the Australian and New Zealand governments to a live-fire exercise by China in the Tasman sea.
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