Taiwan says the plane touched down on the Dongsha Islands, also known as the Pratas Islands, at 9:44am, and returned to Kaohsiung at 11:39am. Lai declined to say how many officers were on board the aircraft or whether the CGA had communicated with Hong Kong in advance of the flight. The pilot asked when the "dangerous activities" would end, but received no response from the Hong Kong air traffic controllers and eventually decided to return to Kaohsiung. The Dongsha Islands, administered by Taiwan, but also claimed by China, are located about 310 kilometers southeast of Hong Kong and are within its Flight Information Region (FIR). Routine flights that transport officers to and from the Dongsha Islands are operated every Thursday from the southern city of Kaohsiung and usually take around 70 minutes.

Source: The Standard October 26, 2020 07:30 UTC