Chinese air force planes have harassed a Canadian long-range patrol aircraft conducting routine North Korea sanctions monitoring on “several occasions,” the Canadian Armed Forces said Wednesday.

The CP-140 Aurora of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was involved in several “interactions” in which People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) planes nearly struck the long-range patrol aircraft, according to the statement.

“In these interactions, PLAAF aircraft did not adhere to international air safety norms,” the statement reads. It adds: “In some instances, the RCAF aircrew felt sufficiently at risk that they had to quickly modify their own flight path in order