The us crew of the navy plane that had collied with the Chinese fighter jet was released after eleven days where was the collision?

On April 1, 2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals surveillance aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) called the Hainan Island incident. Collision occurred about 70 miles (110 km) away from the PRC-controlled island of Hainan.