SPAR19 being watched by 239k people right now. Although not heading directly towards Taiwan it could be to avoid tracking directly through the SCS. Until the flight finishes (where/whenever that is) it can be followed via Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
FlightRadar was hacked, it's back - sort of - but in fact not ("Canceled" sign showing), so NOT showing SPAR19.
Predictably, Witch Airlines made a sharp swing north, crossing the Celebes Sea, will overfly the Philippines and then make a sharp swing westwards from the Philippine Sea towards Taiwan.
There is an in/out message of: "FR24 Canceled. Something went wrong on our end, please try again." The android app however is still up and running - the flight is now heading towards Taipei.
Official statement by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian:
"Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will be a gross interference in China's internal affairs, and will lead to very serious events and dire consequences.
The Chinese side once again warns the American side that the PRC is on high alert, the Chinese army will by no means remain an indifferent observer and will definitely take decisive and effective countermeasures to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The Empire of Lies in order to stay relevant believes it needs this crisis to show the World, China is bluffing and no one dares to confront US military power.
What we are about to witness is that the opposite will happen.
Russia and China aren't afraid of the bully on the block and are ready to meet the challenge. Time for the World to pick a side.
"Update(8:27ET): Sources speaking to Reuters have detailed that Chinese warplanes buzzed the dividing line separating the Taiwan Strait earlier in the day as House Speaker Pelosi's US Air Force plane is said to be en route. In what marks the clearest sign that Beijing has prepped potential 'military options' - a flurry of Eastern Theater Command activity is taking place in waters and airspace just outside the self-ruled island of Taiwan: "
"JUST IN - Both aircraft carriers of China's People's Liberation Army move out from homeports, communist state-media reports."
"At the same time, social media continues to be flooded with videos appearing to show Chinese military hardware and armored convoys surging into Fujian province, which is the part of the mainland nearest Taiwan."
"Update(8:27ET): Sources speaking to Reuters have detailed that Chinese warplanes buzzed the dividing line separating the Taiwan Strait earlier in the day as House Speaker Pelosi's US Air Force plane is said to be en route. In what marks the clearest sign that Beijing has prepped potential 'military options' - a flurry of Eastern Theater Command activity is taking place in waters and airspace just outside the self-ruled island of Taiwan: "
"JUST IN - Both aircraft carriers of China's People's Liberation Army move out from homeports, communist state-media reports."
"At the same time, social media continues to be flooded with videos appearing to show Chinese military hardware and armored convoys surging into Fujian province, which is the part of the mainland nearest Taiwan."
Taiwanese military equipment has also been seen being mobilized and yesterday Blinken boastfully said that if Pelosi decides to visit Taiwan, and China creates tension, the responsibility will be entirely on Beijing.
Taiwan police said that pelosi will arrive at 10 p.m, it's a few minutes, so stay tuned...
Edit: Flightradar changed Pelosi's landing time to 15 minutes delay it looks.
TOKYO, August 2. /TASS/. Eight F-15 jet fighters took off from the Kadena Air Base, located in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, ahead of the expected visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, NHK reported Tuesday.
In addition, five tanker aircraft took off from the base and headed south together with the fighter planes.
WASHINGTON, August 2. /TASS/. The US will "retaliate massively" if China responds militarily to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan, US politician Newt Gingrich said in an interview with Fox News.
The Democrats need a big change to prevent carnage at the midterm elections. The so called "defeat of Russia" is simply not happening. It all backfired into economic disaster.
So the thing to make everyone forget the past failures would seem to be a new war with China.
The timing of this situation has been dictated by Nancy's trip, which means that the US and its allies are dictating the timing. China has responded, as expected with threats of prepare for war. It remains to be seen what they will do, will they follow through on their threats or will they look like clowns to the world? China has put themselves on a path with no turns at this point.
Whatever the opening of this new war looks like is will certainly be interesting to watch if you overlook all the death and destruction. Biden obviously has nothing to do with the plans or strategy being a mental vegetable and all. The Deep State war machine in running the show. Hard to imagine the "Nothing will happen" scenario at this point.
Update(10:17ET): Bloomberg is reporting China has closed airspace above the Taiwan Strait to all civilian aircraft.
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"Update(9:58ET): Pelosi's Air Force plane - the "most watched" aircraft in the world right now - is believed to be about 30 minutes out from landing at Taipei's Songshan International Airport after departing Malaysia hours prior. It's currently 9:58pm in Taiwan, with prior reports estimating a 10:20 touch down. The latest via newswires: "
TAIWAN AIR FORCE FIGHTERS ESCORTING PELOSI FLIGHT; TO LAND IN 30 MINS
CHINA CLOSES AIRSPACE ABOVE TAIWAN STRAIGHT TO ALL CIVILLIAN AIRCRAFT
Apparently ~345,000 people are spending an August summer evening watching a map of Pelosi's plane https://t.co/KV46iJTDGC
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 2, 2022
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