U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Haikou, China, on April 8 after meeting for the third time with crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane detained in China. The 24 crew members have been detained since April 1, when they made an emergency landing on China's southern Hainan island after their EP-3 Aries II collided with a Chinese fighter plane, leaving the plane lost and the pilot presumed dead.

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a news conference in Haikou, China, on April 6 after meeting with the 24 crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane who are being held in Hainan following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea. Sealock said the crew members were in good spirits, adding he conveyed ''best wishes'' from President George W. Bush to the air crew.

Diplomats to meet again with U.S. aircrew detained in China

Diplomats to meet again with U.S. aircrew detained in China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Military Attache Neal Sealock is surrounded by journalists in Haikou, the Hainan provincial capital, on April 6. He told reporters that China is allowing U.S. diplomats a second meeting with the crew of the U.S. Navy spy plane that made an emergency landing in China last Sunday.

U.S. diplomats meet crew members of U.S. spy plane

U.S. diplomats meet crew members of U.S. spy plane

HAIKOU, China, April 4 Kyodo - U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock, the U.S. embassy defense attache, is surrounded by reporters in Haikou on April 4 after his meeting with the 24 crew members of the U.S. spy plane on the southern Chinese island Hainan, nearly three days after their aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter over South China Sea and landed on Hainan. ''Our goal is to get them home as soon as possible,'' Shealock said.

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Haikou, China, on April 8 after meeting for the third time with crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane detained in China. The 24 crew members have been detained since April 1, when they made an emergency landing on China's southern Hainan island after their EP-3 Aries II collided with a Chinese fighter plane, leaving the plane lost and the pilot presumed dead.

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

U.S. diplomats get 3rd meeting with crew detained by China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Haikou, China, on April 8 after meeting for the third time with crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane detained in China. The 24 crew members have been detained since April 1, when they made an emergency landing on China's southern Hainan island after their EP-3 Aries II collided with a Chinese fighter plane, leaving the plane lost and the pilot presumed dead.

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

U.S. diplomat meets with crew of spy plane

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Embassy military attache Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock speaks at a news conference in Haikou, China, on April 6 after meeting with the 24 crew members of a U.S. Navy spy plane who are being held in Hainan following a collision with a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea. Sealock said the crew members were in good spirits, adding he conveyed ''best wishes'' from President George W. Bush to the air crew.

Diplomats to meet again with U.S. aircrew detained in China

Diplomats to meet again with U.S. aircrew detained in China

HAIKOU, China - U.S. Military Attache Neal Sealock is surrounded by journalists in Haikou, the Hainan provincial capital, on April 6. He told reporters that China is allowing U.S. diplomats a second meeting with the crew of the U.S. Navy spy plane that made an emergency landing in China last Sunday.

U.S. diplomats meet crew members of U.S. spy plane

U.S. diplomats meet crew members of U.S. spy plane

HAIKOU, China, April 4 Kyodo - U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Neal Sealock, the U.S. embassy defense attache, is surrounded by reporters in Haikou on April 4 after his meeting with the 24 crew members of the U.S. spy plane on the southern Chinese island Hainan, nearly three days after their aircraft collided with a Chinese fighter over South China Sea and landed on Hainan. ''Our goal is to get them home as soon as possible,'' Shealock said.